Washington, Mar 21 : Hollywood actress Emily Blunt, who used to stutter as a kid, has expressed her gratitude to one of her teachers, who helped her overcome the problem.

The `Devil Wears Prada' actress revealed that it was her teacher who helped her overcome her stutter by urging her to take up acting classes to get rid of the stutter.

"I did have a bad stuttering problem as a child. I''d try to push the words out, but it was so frustrating. My parents took me to speech coaches and relaxation coaches," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

London, Mar 3 : Emily Blunt has revealed that she literally begged producers to land the title role in ‘The Young Victoria’.

The actress approached producer Graham King in his office after deciding she was perfect for the role of the late British monarch in her younger years.

"I was beyond keen. I literally begged for it,” the Daily Express quoted her, as saying.

"It''s one of those rare roles - I loved the new revelations of Victoria. She was so complicated and it''s beautifully written. You saw the performance side and then you saw
her private life behind closed doors and I loved that dual existence.

Washington, Feb 6 : Hollywood actress Emily Blunt has branded paparazzi "vultures", recalling how they showed foul-mouthed behaviour at the premier of `Devil Wears Prada' in 2006.

Blunt revealed that it was during the `Devil Wears Prada' premier that a photographer wanting to click her picture, and hurled abuses at her as she walked past him.

London, Jan 31: Emily Blunt and Jason Segel will be starring alongside comedian Jack Black in a new movie version of fictional adventure book `Gulliver''s Travels', according to reports.

According to reports, the pair is in talks with bosses at Twentieth Century Fox to join Black on the big screen adaptation of the famous tale.

Black was signed on in November (08) to play a travel writer who gets lost in the Bermuda Triangle and washes up on an island of tiny people.

Washington, Jan 15 : Hollywood actress Emily Blunt has emerged as one of the front-runners to play femme fatale Black Widow in the upcoming Iron Man sequel.

The Devil Wears Prada is tipped to portray Russian spy Natasha Romanoff in the film, to be directed by Jon Favreau.

She''s a Soviet superspy who doubles as Black Widow, a beauty in a skin-tight black costume enhanced by high-tech weaponry, reports Variety magazine.