A new Mary Poppins movie opens today, starring Emily Blunt. She hasn’t been in very many historical costume movies, but I think she should be! Blunt is good in them, and hey, Poppins is a historical role too.
Isolda in Warrior Queen (2003)
It’s Boudica in early England, so, uh, mud…
Catherine Howard in Henry VIII (2003)
Can’t fault her too much, after all, this is the same production that made Helena Bonham-Carter look bad.
Lucy Markham in Foyle’s War (2003)
A WWII murder-mystery series.
Linnet Ridgeway in Poirot (2003)
In an episode titled “Death on the Nile.”
Camane in Empire (2005)
Jean Leckie in The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)
Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria (2009)
Of course, one of her finest frock flick roles, & Sandy Powell won an Oscar for the costume design.
Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods (2014)
A fairy-tale musical, but Colleen Atwood’s costumes take some historical inspiration.
Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Will she be practically perfect in every way? Sandy Powell’s costumes will certainly help!
What’s your favorite of Emily Blunt’s historical costume movie or TV role?
Into the Woods is the only film of those listed that I’ve seen, but I’m really looking forward to Mary Poppins Returns. Especially when I found out they brought back the original animators for the first film.
From the first film.
Are any of the original animators from the 1964 version still living?
The Young Victoria dressed by Sandy Powell
This isn’t very encouraging.
Mind you, I thought the costumes for “THE YOUNG VICTORIA” were beautiful. But the movie was such a bore to me. In “DEATH ON THE NILE”, she looks like a kewpie doll. And I probably won’t see “MARY POPPINS RETURNS” until its DVD release or on cable. I was not inspired by the trailer.
Love Emily Blunt. Saw “Mary Poppins Returns” today. The costumes were AMAZING.
I love Emily Blunt. I really liked Young Victoria, and I agree she has the ability to do more frock flicks. Not historical but A Quiet Place was incredible.
I really liked The Young Victoria, although they did invent a few incidents to make it a little more exciting. The costumes were really beautiful and the hairstyles were weird but still lovely.
Also, Paul Bettany was simply ravishing as Lord Melbourne.
Hi! Love your page! But I think you forgot Wolfman[if that’s the name].
You should do a review on Mary Poppins returns.
What about the wolfman?