Emily Blunt is warning about what kind of scripts she will reject immediately, to save time for producers who want to hire her. The actress, who stars in and executive produces the Amazon Prime Video western series ‘The English’, has criticized the “strong female lead” character concept.
“Makes me roll my eyes”
Blunt told his impressions about the trope of “strong women” to The Telegraph in the midst of its promotion of the series.
“It’s the worst when you open a script and read the words ‘strong female lead.’ hard stuff.”
For ‘The English’, Blunt was immediately hooked on her character Cornelia, who seeks revenge after the death of her son. Cornelia partners with Eli (Chaske Spencer), a former Indian cavalry scout who is trying to reclaim the land from him.
“I love characters with a secret. And I loved Cornelia’s joy, her hope, her naivety… Cornelia is more surprising than that. She is innocent without being naive and that makes her a force to be reckoned with. She shocks Eli at her silence and their differences become irrelevant because they need each other to survive. I thought that’s very good.”
The ‘She-Hulk’ star Tatiana Maslanyalso previously spoke about the “reductionist” approach to categorize roles according to gender.
“It’s as much a removal of all nuance as it is a trope. It is a box in which no one fits. Even the sentence is frustrating. It’s like we’re supposed to be thankful that we can be that.”