Emily Blunt is worth $80 million and just pocketed $15 million for her latest film—but she once wanted to be a Spanish translator for the UN

Emily Blunt just took home a cool $15 million for her role on Disclosure Day—hot off the back of a $12.5 million payday for reprising her role as Emily Charlton on The Devil Wears Prada 2. But she could have been earning a much more modest income had she pursued her original dream career. 

That’s because growing up, Blunt didn’t want to be an actress at all. She had her sights set on a far less glamorous job: Translating.

“Before I was going to be an actress, I wanted to work for the UN and be a Spanish translator,” she recently told BBC Radio 2.

“I’ve always loved languages,” Blunt added. “My mother is an incredible linguist, so I think I grew up being quite inspired by her.” 

As well as inventing an entire alien language made up of creepy clicking noises and hums for her most recent role in Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller Disclosure Day, she also had to learn Russian and Korean. And before that, Blunt learned how to talk about river beds and........

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