Emily Blunt reveals why she’s taking a year-long break from acting

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Emily Blunt has revealed that she is taking a year-long break from acting to spend more time with her family.The Mary Poppins Returns star, who is married and shares two daughters with fellow actor John Krasinski, made the comments during an appearance on the Table for Two podcast.Asked by host Bruce Bozzi how she manages to juggles her career with being a mother, Blunt said: “Not always well, you know.

It’s one of those things when people are like, ‘How do you balance it?’ I never feel like I’m doing it right, you know. But this year I’m not working.”Since the birth of her daughters in 2014 and 2016, Blunt has worked on a number of major projects, including A Quiet Place, A Quiet Place Part II, Mary Poppins Returns, and the 2022 TV mini-series The English.She also has a number of upcoming projects, including Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which will be released on July 21.“I worked quite a bit last year and my oldest baby is nine – like we’re in the last year of single digits – and I just feel there’s cornerstones to their day that is so important when they’re little,” Blunt continued.“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,” she added.The actor went on to share that she had “a beautiful time” on her projects last year, but admitted: “Some were more intense than others.