Emily Blunt Is "Bored" of "Strong Female Leads" and Says "It's the Worst Thing Ever"

As we’ve seen, Hollywood is all about playing with strong female leads in many of the movies that they make. Emily Blunt has even played a strong female lead in a few films, but she’s bored of these strong female lead-type characters and goes as far as saying they are the worst thing ever.

During a recent interview with The Telegraph, the actress was asked about these types of characters and she said:

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

Blunt’s next project is a western revenge series titled The English, and she takes on the role of a character named Cornelia. When describing this character, the actresses said that, “She’s innocent without being naive and that makes her a force to be reckoned with.”

Blunt plays a frontier woman in the movie who sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her son. She ends up partnering with an indigenous farmer named Eli (Chaske Spencer), who is also on a mission of revenge in order to reclaim his land. Blunt went on to say:

“I love a character with a secret, and I loved Cornelia’s buoyancy, her hopefulness, her guilelessness… She startles Eli out of his silence and their differences become irrelevant because they need each other to survive. I thought that was very cool.”

Some films that Blunt has starred in where she played characters considered to be strong include Jungle Cruise, Edge of Tomorrow, Sicario, and A Quiet Place. Those characters must’ve had more depth to them to where she was interested in playing those roles.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’s Tatiana Maslany also spoke out against these strong female roles, saying it’s “frustrating” for roles to be reduced to that one “strong” trait. She added:

“It’s reductive. It’s just as much a shaving off of all the nuances, and just as much of a trope. It’s a box that nobody fits into. Even the phrase is frustrating. It’s as if we’re supposed to be grateful that we get to be that.”

What do you think about Blunt’s thoughts on strong female leads?