Emily Blunt was pretty… well, blunt on what puts her off from picking up a role.

The 41-year-old actress is easily one of the finest actors of her generation, and delivers brilliant performances regardless of the genre. Just go on and check Blunt’s IMDB page.

Admittedly, there may be some dud films in there, but Blunt’s performance is unlikely to be the cause.

Well, Blunt has broken down how she ends up choosing her roles and why they all seem pretty different from one another.

In fact, the actress admitted that there are three words she hopes to never see for her characters, otherwise, it puts her completely off.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Blunt said: “I love a character with a secret. And I loved Cornelia’s buoyancy, her hopefulness, her guilelessness.”

This was back in 2022 while the actress was promoting TV show The English and was referencing her character, Cornelia Locke.

She continued: “It’s the worst thing ever when you open a script and read the words ‘strong female lead’. That makes me roll my eyes – I’m already out. I’m bored,” she admitted.

The actor believes that characters attributed to her disliked phrase are expected to have almost no emotion.

She said: “Those roles are written as incredibly stoic, you spend the whole time acting tough and saying tough things.”

In 2023, Blunt announced she was taking an entire year out from acting to spend more time with her family.

She shares two children with husband John Krasinski – Hazel, nine, and Violet, seven.

Speaking on the Table for Two podcast, she said: “This year, I’m not working. I worked quite a bit last year and my oldest baby is nine, so we’re in the last year of single digits.

“And I just feel there are cornerstones to their day that are so important when they’re little.

“And it’s, ‘Will you wake me up? Will you take me to school? Will you pick me up? Will you put me to bed?’ And I just need to be there for all of them for a good stretch. And I just felt that in my bones.”

Blunt then spoke on how taking on big projects impacts her relationship with her kids and the ‘guilt’ she subsequently feels.

“I had a beautiful time on the projects I did last year,” she said.

“Some were more tense than others, some were harder than others. Some were more time consuming than others.

“The ones that are time-consuming, I think for me are becoming few and further between because of just the emotional cost on me, on the kids, on balance.

“And I’m very prone to guilt, I think all mothers are. You’re just prone to feeling bad for, god forbid, wanting something outside of being a mother.”