has kept it real over her chances of survival in the Wild West, admitting she’s pretty sure she ‘wouldn’t do well’.
The actress stars in , set in 1890 in the American Old West.
(Blunt), an English woman seeking revenge for the death of her son, who crosses paths with an ex-cavalry scout called Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer), a member of the Pawnee Nation by birth.
Musing over the conveniences of modern living she would be without if living in that era and unforgiving landscape, Blunt was realistic in her response.
‘I don’t think I would do well,’ she revealed at the show’s New York premiere.
‘Who would want to live back then? What would I eat? What about laundry? I don’t know about hunting for a rabbit and then skinning it.’
These are all extremely valid points.
The actress then joked : ‘I don’t know how to use an arrow and bow, [although] I can pose and act like I do.’
The three-time Bafta nominee has also opened up previously on the challenges of filming the show in intense heat while wearing a tight-fitting corset.
Blunt said , as she acknowledged that it would ‘always be your cross to bear’ as a woman appearing in a period drama.
She told Metro.co.uk and other press: ‘The corset would sometimes act as like an oven to my organs because literally no air gets in them. It doesn’t matter how many fans they put on you, if you’re being cooked from the inside out, there’s only so much you can do.’
However, she did concede that the corset ‘looks great’, quipping: ‘And as everyone kept telling me, what a great silhouette.’
The Mary Poppins Returns star also revealed that her husband she deserves on projects in the past, when she’s gone above and beyond purely her role as actor.
‘In many ways, I’ve never asked for a producing title. Even though I feel often my absorption in the whole process would have been… I mean, my husband’s been saying for years, I should probably ask for one and I was like, “no I shouldn’t”,’ she explained.
Addressing why she did take on the role of executive producer on the show, she added: ‘I think it made sense in this case. When I was sent the project in its embryonic stages, it felt like the right fit for this one. And it is a project that has captured my heart. It has dwelled in me for the longest time period of any projects I’ve done.’
The English continues on Thursday at 9pm on BBC Two. All six episodes are available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
