Stanley Tucci Was “Afraid” of Age Gap With Felicity Blunt

Stanley Tucci’s relationship with spouse Felicity Blunt nearly ended earlier than it had an opportunity to start. In a July interview with BBC Radio 4’s “Desert Island Discs,” Tucci opened up about his marriage to Emily Blunt’s sister, revealing early on, he tried to interrupt issues off as a consequence of their age distinction. “The Devil Wears Prada” actor is 62, 21 years older than his spouse.

“I was afraid to get into a relationship and I kept trying to break it off,” Tucci mentioned. “I’m 21 years older than she is and I didn’t want to feel old for the rest of my life! But I knew that this was an incredibly special person.”

It wasn’t simply his age that was bothering Tucci. He was additionally nonetheless processing his grief over shedding his first spouse, Kate Tucci, who died from breast most cancers in 2009, when he turned concerned with Felicity in 2010. The two linked at Emily’s wedding ceremony to John Krasinski, but it surely took the actor a while to let himself fall in love once more.

Ultimately, he realized his reference to Felicity was too sturdy to disregard, and the pair married in 2012. “Felicity has been so incredible taking on a widower and three children whose mother died,” Tucci mentioned. “That’s a huge thing, at a very young age too. If anybody made things better for all of us, it’s her. She’s the one.”

Tucci then selected “A Foggy Day (in London Town)” to play on the present, as a result of it is the tune he and Felicity shared their first dance to at their wedding ceremony. He additionally honored Kate by introducing “What a Wonderful World,” which she requested be performed at her memorial. “I just loved that she picked this song because that’s the way she saw the world,” he mentioned. “She was always, always upbeat, always saw things in a positive way, no matter what was happening.”

When Felicity and Tucci married, the literary agent stepped into the function of stepmother to Isabel and Nicolo, each 23, and Camilla, 21. Since then, the couple has welcomed two youngsters collectively: Matteo Oliver, 8, and Emilia Giovanna, 5.