John Krasinski is currently enjoying all kinds of praise for his new movie, A Quiet Place. The actor wrote and directed the thriller, which costars his real-life love, Emily Blunt. But it turns out that Emily might not have been his first choice.
During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show, John revealed his status as a Devil Wears Prada superfan—and joked that he’s only with his wife (whose breakout role was in the 2006 film) because he couldn’t get Anne Hathaway.
John estimates that he’s seen The Devil Wears Prada 72 times, and he blames the movie’s heavy rotation on cable TV for that number.
“It’s one of those things that back in the day, we elderly people used to channel surf. Nobody does that anymore,” John said. “It’s just one of those movies that whenever you’re going through the channels, you just stop and you look.”
Naturally, because he’s a huge fan of the movie, John brought it up when he met his now-wife.
“When we first met, I was like, ‘I just want to get it out of the way—I’m a huge fan of yours,’” John said of meeting Emily. “I was full stalker-status. I was like, ‘Hey, you want to go out on a date with me?’”
Clearly, the fanboy tactic worked—John and Emily have been married since 2010 and have two beautiful daughters together. Landing Emily did not slow his obsession with the movie though. Emily called her husband out during the interview, saying he still watches the movie and even has a favorite scene (spoiler: It’s not one of hers).
“There’s a sort of montage sequence where Anne Hathaway’s got numerous fabulous outfits that they go through. And John, one day I came home, and he was watching it and he was watching the montage bit. And he goes, ‘That’s my favorite outfit,’” she said.
Without missing a beat, John joked that he really wanted to date Anne (with whom he and Emily are still good friends). “I couldn’t get Annie and so I was like, ‘Ohhh….’”
Not to be outdone, Anne responded to the story on Instagram, perfectly joking that she’s only with her husband because she couldn’t get Emily.
