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News & Current Events Mar 25, 2026 at 8:17 PM

Emily Blunt was miscast in Sicario

Posted by FrontTelevision7261

I really like Emily Blunt in The Devil Wears Prada, Fall Guy, A Quiet Place and other movies. I did not like her cast in Sicario. She just did not fit the role. Her acting was fine but she just did not fit the role of a tough FBI agent. I had a hard time finding her believable in that role. Someone like Hillary Swank would have been much more believable. The movie is good and Emily is a good actress but the entire time I watch it it feels cringeworthy to me. Anyone else agree? Disagree?
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Educational_Chef_486 Mar 25, 2026 +55
nah she was perfect for that role - the whole point was that she's out of her depth and way too naive for what she's walking into, someone like Swank would've made it feel like a completely different movie
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helly1080 Mar 25, 2026 +7
My feelings as well. That is kind of what they were going for. A woman that has always worked hard and kicked ass being on a team where she is completely out of her element. No more kicking ass. Just watching pretty much. Fish out of water.
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metalgearbayonetta Mar 25, 2026 +5
I agree
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sheJaMyMorant Mar 25, 2026 +26
i think you missed the point of the movie brother
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thatoneguy889 Mar 25, 2026 +2
Right? At one point, they outright say that she's only there as a formality to give Brolin's people legal cover.
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Broad-Marionberry755 Mar 25, 2026 +26
? The whole point of the character is that she's out of her depth, thrust into a situation she can't handle, asked to cross moral lines she's not comfortable with
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Soyoulikedonutseh Mar 25, 2026 +11
That was the whole point? Did you even watch the movie.. 
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Front_Reindeer_7554 Mar 25, 2026 +9
You're not wrong. You're just really really really wrong.
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shadesofwolves Mar 25, 2026 +6
Disagree, I thought she played the midpoint of the role she had and the role she was given within the film incredibly well.
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HavertzHandjob Mar 25, 2026 +3
Oh boy
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CoolHandRK1 Mar 25, 2026 +5
You must hate her in Edge of Tomorrow then.
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fuckyourmermaid_ Mar 25, 2026 +2
Hate tom cruise but that movie was entertaining and I loved her in it.
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oso831 Mar 25, 2026 -1
Hate is a strong word.
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fuckyourmermaid_ Mar 25, 2026 +1
I severely dislike tom cruise
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smith1182 Mar 25, 2026 +5
Yeah man, you missed on this one
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benjals Mar 25, 2026 +5
Sicario is a 10/10 movie top down. It's literally perfect.
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Funklestein Mar 26, 2026 +1
I love the film, and have probably have watched it a couple of dozen times but.... the glaring plot hole of they never needed the tunnel whatsoever to accomplish the finale is quite evident. But the process of getting to that point was the bulk of the story. >!Being a Mexican citizen and knowing active prosecutors there he could have just easily stayed on the Mexican side with a cop car already. He just had to wait for Diaz to get recalled and follow the directions he was given anyway
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SomeGuyPostingThings Mar 25, 2026 +5
As others say, I don't think she's supposed to be extremely tough, she's supposed to be a bit naive and idealistic, tested by the circumstances, which have her out of her depth. I also question whether Hillary Swank would have been that much better in the role as you envision it.
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doyhickey Mar 25, 2026 +1
She WAS shown to be pretty tough several times early on. Specializing in no-knock raids, insisting that she stay on whenever they invited her to leave, not hesitating to kill multiple times, pretty darn tough as people go. I get what OP is saying in that Blunt's features are quite delicate for an action role. It's understandable how she could feel 'too pretty', but Hillary Swank was already too old at that point, and I'm struggling to think of anyone else who might've been better. Maybe someone with a bigger frame, like Mary Elizabeth Winstead?
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maestro826 Mar 25, 2026 +3
She was perfect. What you crackling about?
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FoxMcCloudOwnsSlippy Mar 25, 2026 +3
Rewatched it last month and she's great in it as a fresh, noble, naive recruit that gets exposed to the dark underbelly of the American/Mexican drug war. Probably a matter of preference for you but I think she does a stellar job and really anchors the movie as she plays our POV in the story.
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Potore5 Mar 25, 2026 +2
You mean aesthetically or personality-wise? As far as her emotional and mental role, she’s perfect: naively idealistic and overly confident. Aesthetically (make up, delicate features) well yes she’s a bit too good looking for the role but it’s something I can forget since everything else is spot on.
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truckturner5164 Mar 25, 2026 +1
Playing someone out of their depth you don't want to cast someone who doesn't seem out of their depth. Blunt was spot-on casting. If Swank played it, she'd just be repeating her Insomnia performance/character.
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sweetwatertooth Mar 25, 2026 +1
In general I didn’t think she played a great role in that film. She did ok but not as good as it should have been. It’s still one of my favorite films though.
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film_bro_35 Mar 25, 2026 +1
BOO TO THIS POST!!!!
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Constant_Return Mar 25, 2026 +1
I thought she was good in that role, but I can see it.
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emezeekiel Mar 25, 2026 +1
What. Are you Hillary Swank’s agent?
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socolime22202 Mar 25, 2026 +1
I was skeptical, but she was great in Sicario and I thought she was excellent in Edge of Tomorrow. If I was forced to recast the role, I'd absolutely cast Melissa McCarthy \[this is a joke\]
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themadcaner Mar 25, 2026 +2
You completely misunderstood the movie. She is not supposed to be a tough FBI agent. She’s supposed to be someone who can be manipulated and tossed away afterwards. The CIA specifically chose her because she’s naive and will go along with the program.
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Heheheidiot Mar 25, 2026 -1
I felt that the first time around but then you just have to realize Sheridan writes shitty females lol she's there to make the men look manlier and to end up a stooge in the end. I think if it was Kaluyas character going through the same motions it woulvde ended up a much more interesting arc.
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TrueLegateDamar Mar 25, 2026 +1
Sheridan did the same with Elizabeth Olsen in Wind River who gets maced and shot and needs saving by manly frontierman Jeremy Renner.
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Heheheidiot Mar 25, 2026 +1
Yeah I agree it's honestly gotten pretty bad, I stopped watching landman after the first episode of the second season because of the goofy wife daughter soap opera shit lol wind river at least had plausibility on its side though compared to the scope of blunt in sicario. She's so out of her depth that it becomes a bit dumb if you think too hard.
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krankdude_ Mar 25, 2026 -1
Spot on, OP.
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