Emily Blunt Stole Her Epic 'The Devil Wears Prada' Insult From a Mum At A Supermarket

Emily Blunt in The Devil Wears Prada. Photo: 20th Century Fox

Emily Blunt became a household name after her turn as the ultimate bitchy co-worker in The Devil Wears Prada alongside Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep.

During an interview this week, the 32-year-old actress revealed that she actually pulled on of her most epic lines in the 2006 film from a mum she overheard in a supermarket.

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"I like to soak up people on the street," she told with Howard Stern on his Sirius XM show.

"I guess I steal from people I meet. Like, I saw a mother speaking to her child in a supermarket when we were shooting that film. And it’s a line that gets quoted back to me now. She yelled at her kid and she kind of opened and closed her hand and she goes [in harsh American accent], ‘Yeah, I’m hearing this, and I want to hear this.’ I went and put it in a movie, when Anne Hathaway is kind of talking to me, and I just told her that [to make her shut up].”

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Blunt, went on to explain how she likes to pull from real-life when she's preparing for her roles.

"For me, that’s what helps me.. to feel what other people would feel in my skin. And other times I feel like it is the ultimate expression of empathy, to be so interested in people and empathize with them profoundly."

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As for whether a sequel of the hit film might be on the cards, the Into The Woods star says she's keen!

"I think I would do it," she said, however with one reservation.... "We all were told to go on these skinny diets for the first time..."

"But I’d be up for it."