Emily Blunt Leads Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' at 43 as Sci-Fi Thriller Opens in Theaters
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 13
Emily Blunt Leads Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' at 43 as Sci-Fi Thriller Opens in Theaters
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 13
Summary
43-year-old Emily Blunt stars as Margaret, a Kansas City meteorologist in “Disclosure Day,” now in theaters, whose on-air breakdown and alien clicks pull her into a government conspiracy over extraterrestrial life.
Steven Spielberg offered Blunt the lead under tight secrecy, pitching the film as a return to the childlike wonder of “E.T.” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”
Blunt said the role ranks among her biggest career milestones, even after recent award-nominated turns in “Oppenheimer” and “The Smashing Machine” and a co-starring role in the global hit “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”
The project also carries personal weight for Blunt, who said Spielberg’s films shaped her as a child and left her trying to appear composed while feeling “flappable” in their first meeting.