‘The English’ Star Emily Blunt Leaves Her Mark on Cannes
variety.comMarta Balaga Emily Blunt left her mark on Cannes, and not just with her acclaimed performances. The actor, in town for the pre-Mipcom premiere of the first episode of her six-part series “The English,” also left a handprint in wet concrete, joining the likes of Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep or David Lynch.
Blunt was joined on the red carpet by co-star Chaske Spencer, as well as writer and director Hugo Blick, the latter also behind Maggie Gyllenhaal starrer “The Honorable Woman.” In “The English,” Blunt plays an aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke, who comes to America in the 1890s.
It’s hardly a welcoming place, but she joins forces with Pawnee Scout Eli Whipp. She is hoping to track down a man who is responsible for her son’s death.
He wants to reclaim his land. “Twilight” alumni Spencer starred in Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Sundance premiere “Wild Indian.” Toby Jones and Ciaran Hinds also featured in the episode. “I was completely kidnapped within the first line, to be honest.
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