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Emily Blunt: 'The Fall Guy' Character Inspired by Greta Gerwig

Emily Blunt says her 'The Fall Guy' character was partially inspired by Greta Gerwig.

David Leitch’s upcoming blockbuster “ The Fall Guy ” marks a Barbenheimer reunion of sorts, pitting “Barbie” Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling alongside “Oppenheimer” star Emily Blunt in a story about a stunt performer trying to solve a mystery and save his ex-wife’s film. In a new interview with Total Film, Blunt talked about looking to her Hollywood peers for inspiration as she crafted the character of Jody, a director who receives a big break directing a studio blockbuster that quickly flies off the rails. “The humor in ‘The Fall Guy’ is silly, which consistently works; Jody’s ‘big break’ is directing a sci-fi epic called ‘Metalstorm,’ and Lietch and company have a lot of fun playing with the film-within-a-film’s alien costumes.

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