--- title: John Krasinski Cried 'So Much' During This Emily Blunt Movie description: John Krasinski may have seen The Devil Wears Prada 75 times, but it sounds like he might have a new favorite Emily Blunt movie. canonical: https://time.com/5466037/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-mary-poppins-returns/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-28T22:03:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:13.688Z og:title: This Emily Blunt Movie Made John Krasinski Cry a Lot og:description: "I was crying so much!" og:url: https://time.com/5466037/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-mary-poppins-returns/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bb7988b9b0cd2e0/69894028e76ad223cf633a09/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-mary-poppins.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: John-Krasinski-Emily-Blunt-Mary-Poppins og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Emily Blunt Movie Made John Krasinski Cry a Lot twitter:description: "I was crying so much!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bb7988b9b0cd2e0/69894028e76ad223cf633a09/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-mary-poppins.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Krasinski Says This Emily Blunt Movie Unexpectedly Turned Him Into a Blubbering Mess > Sponsored content. 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Taylor Hill/FilmMagic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 28, 2018 10:03 PM UTC [John Krasinski](http://time.com/5428469/jimmy-kimmel-brooklyn-gets-pranked/) may have seen _The Devil Wears Prada_ [75 times](http://time.com/4464292/john-krasinski-devil-wears-prada-emily-blunt/), but it sounds like he might have a new favorite [Emily Blunt](http://time.com/5385944/emily-blunt-john-krasinski-jack-ryan/) movie. During a Wednesday appearance on _The Ellen DeGeneres Show_, Krasinski revealed that his wife’s performance in Disney’s forthcoming _Mary Poppins_ sequel, [_Mary Poppins_ Returns](http://time.com/4473276/emily-blunt-mary-poppins-different-julie-andrews/), turned him into a total emotional wreck. “We just screened it for my family over the holidays,” Krasinski told DeGeneres. “I tried to prepare \[my daughters\] for how emotional it is. The first time I ever saw it, they gave you a tissue box in the screening room. I was like, ‘Oh that’s very nice. I don’t have a cold.’ And they started screening the movie and 25 minutes into it, I stood up and went to the back of the room. And Emily said, ‘Do you not like it? I’ve never seen this happen.'” The _Jack Ryan_ star went on to explain that he simply couldn’t hold it together and was searching for supplemental tear-wiping material. “I was pushing through all the bagels and muffins that were in the back looking for napkins. I was like, ‘I need anything to stop this crying!’ I was crying so much! I blew through the tissue box in 20 minutes. I had to go to the napkins, and then when I ran out of the napkins, it was all sweater,” he explained. “It’s honestly one of the most beautiful films. I think it’s exactly what everybody needs for the holidays. 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