Emily Blunt and Matt Damon have been associates for years, exhibiting off their witty banter and simple dynamic completely whereas selling the newly launched Christopher Nolan epic Oppenheimer (earlier than the SAG-AFTRA strike hit).
But lots of their followers have been shocked to study that their friendship went past merely being co-stars, as they’re additionally shut household associates and neighbors.
In a current episode of the iHeartwork podcast Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi, launched days earlier than Oppenheimer’s field workplace smashing weekend, Emily, 40, opened up about living in the identical constructing with Matt and his spouse Luciana Barroso.
“Matt is just the most easygoing, beautiful person,” she gushed. “Lucy (Luciana) is even more beautiful – sorry, Matt.”
Matt and Emily first met whereas filming 2011’s The Adjustment Bureau in 2009, and shortly turned associates. Emily and husband John Krasinski have been usually noticed on double dates with Matt and Luciana.
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“We all became friends and then they moved to Brooklyn and they said ‘We found this amazing building.’ And of course, we were like, ‘We’ll live in the same building!'” Emily added. “But there’s really lovely, cool people living in Brooklyn and we have Sunday night dinners…the kids love each other.”
© Getty ImagesThe Good Will Hunting star and his spouse are mother and father to daughters Alexia, 24, Gia, 14, Isabella, 17, and Stella, 12, whereas the A Quiet Place co-stars are themselves mother and father to daughters Hazel, eight, and Violet, six.
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Emily shared additional particulars of their life as A-list neighbors, hilariously including that she was hard-pressed to recollect a time she would not see Matt strolling round in his slippers.
© Getty Images“We are like some weird commune,” she informed the celeb restaurateur on his podcast. “I don’t ever see Matt Damon not in his slippers anymore, you know.
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“He’s simply all the time in his slippers. I have not seen him in common sneakers in a very long time. That’s as a result of we reside in the identical constructing. We simply pop all the way down to see one another. It’s the perfect.”
© Getty ImagesIn a current USA Today joint interview, the 2 gushed about their decade-long friendship, speaking about being “vacation buddies” with their respective households as properly.
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Adding to the slipper incident, Emily mentioned of her co-star’s look throughout the interview: “I know, it’s ridiculous. This is strange not to see Matt in his sweats and slippers.”
© Getty ImagesMatt responded: “The only time I wear shoes is when we do interviews together. I’ve got a great pair of house slippers, and I’m going to put them right on when I get home. I did accidentally wear my Ugg slippers on a school run once.”
The Oscar-winning actor and author even informed the outlet that he was intending on taking a break from performing, a choice he made in collaboration along with his spouse.
© Instagram“I had told my wife I was taking time off,” he acknowledged. “This was something we literally negotiated, but the one caveat was ‘if Chris Nolan calls.’ He was my get-back-to-work card, and then he actually called, which was a wonderful surprise.”
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