“Emily Blunt Unscripted: Secrets of Working With John Krasinski, Wearing the Power Suit & Holding Her Hollywood Crown”

 

Emily Blunt is having a moment—and she’s dressing the part. In a new Women in Hollywood celebration feature, she smolders in a series of high-fashion looks while opening up about the decidedly un-glam secret to her happiest role: being John Krasinski’s wife and creative partner. It’s a perfect snapshot of who she is right now—part movie star, part working mum, part collaborator who still genuinely likes the person she comes home to. 

A Power Couple That Actually Works

On paper, they’re almost too perfect: he went from sitcom sweetheart to writer-director; she evolved from British indie darling to blockbuster lead. They married back in 2010, long before their shared horror hit made them Hollywood’s favorite creative duo, and now juggle life between sets and school runs with two daughters, Hazel and Violet. What’s striking is how quietly they’ve managed it—rare family outings, carefully chosen projects, and very little public drama, even as their careers keep climbing. 

Why Working With Your Spouse Is Risky Business

Blunt is the first to admit that teaming up with your partner is not automatically “cute”—it can be career suicide if it goes badly. Before they shot A Quiet Place, she’s said she sat him down and basically asked, “Are you sure you know how to do this?” She didn’t pretend to have all the answers either; both were stepping into new territory, with him directing her for the first time and them playing a married couple trying to keep their family alive in a world where one wrong sound can kill you. The stakes—on and off camera—were sky-high. 

Watching Him Unlock a “Superpower”

What came next, in her telling, was like watching someone flip a switch. She describes seeing John step onto that set and suddenly operate as if he’d discovered a hidden superpower—calm, decisive, strangely at home behind the camera. For her, it wasn’t just impressive; it was moving. There’s a particular joy in witnessing someone you love realize what they’re capable of, and she talks about it with that mix of pride and awe that long-term couples rarely show in public but secretly live for. 

Respect First, Romance Second

Under all the sweet anecdotes is a very un-rom-com truth: if they didn’t respect each other, that film—and possibly their marriage—could’ve crashed. Blunt has said bluntly that without mutual admiration, the experience would have been “an absolute disaster.” That line says everything. The chemistry people raved about on-screen only worked because they were willing to listen to each other’s notes, challenge each other’s instincts, and leave ego at the door. The love story is cute; the professional respect is the foundation.

No Secret Formula—Just Showing Up

Asked about the “secret” to their marriage, she basically shrugs: there isn’t one. She’s talked about how people want a magic hack, but what actually keeps them solid is boring in the best way—showing up, apologizing when you blow it, laughing a lot, and staying on each other’s side even when work gets messy. That ethos tracks with the way they manage their schedules too, trying to stagger big projects so one parent is always more available, even when that means saying no to shiny opportunities. 

Fashion That Tells Its Own Story

The new shoot leans hard into that mix of strength and softness. In one look, she’s in a structured leather corset contrasted with a floating tulle skirt—toughness up top, dreaminess below. In another, she pairs a sharp cropped jacket with an airy pleated skirt, or slips into a velvet suit with bold, gleaming buttons. Elsewhere, a blazer-style dress with a frilled collar walks the line between severe and playful. Taken together, the clothes feel like a visual biography: disciplined, a little dangerous, but never losing the sense of fun. 

Mum First, Movie Star Second

Behind the couture, life at home looks refreshingly normal. Their girls famously aren’t obsessed with her filmography; they find it weird seeing “mum” in wigs, accents, peril, or all three. Blunt has laughed about them bailing on her movies when the danger gets too intense, and she doesn’t take it personally. For them, she’s the one hustling them out the door in the morning, not the woman steering a ship down the Amazon or singing in a London sky. She’s said she genuinely loves the chaos of the school run—the half-zipped coats, the forgotten lunchboxes, the feeling that families are held together with invisible duct tape and a lot of good intentions. 

Turning Old Struggles Into New Strength

Part of what grounds her, she’s explained elsewhere, is remembering that she grew up with her own challenges—most notably a stutter that made speaking out loud feel like walking a tightrope. She now frames that not as a shameful flaw but as something that taught her empathy and resilience, lessons she’s intent on passing to her daughters. In her view, everyone has “a thing,” and the trick is to remove the stigma around struggle so kids understand that difficulty doesn’t disqualify you; it shapes you. 

What We Can Steal From Their Playbook

You don’t need a blockbuster marriage to borrow a few things from Emily Blunt’s. Don’t pretend working with your partner is easy—acknowledge the risk, then choose respect over ego. Celebrate your person’s “superpowers” out loud. Accept that there’s no mystical secret to a long relationship beyond the unglamorous habit of showing up, again and again. And remember that the highlight reel—the leather corsets, the red carpets—isn’t the whole story. The real flex is being able to go from the most photographed woman in the room to the frazzled parent on the pavement, and still feel like yourself in both places.