Emily Blunt Was Picking Up Dog Poop When She Found Out About Her Oppenheimer Oscar Nomination

Emily Blunt earned her first Academy Award nomination for her role in the blockbuster Oppenheimer, and now we've learned precisely what she was doing when she found out. Blunt said on 92NY this week that she was out picking up her dog's droppings when she got the call.

"I did have a brief cry in the middle of Brooklyn, brief weep directly after picking up my dog's poop," she said (via The Hollywood Reporter).

Many believed Blunt would be nominated, but the actress said she tried to not listen to the buzz because oftentimes it doesn't amount to much. But she was nominated, and she said it was "magical" to be recognized.

"I did pick up her poop and then I heard that I got nominated so it was perfect," she said, adding that her husband John Krasinski also cried and helped her pick up the poop. "I think he went and put it in the trash and then we both cried," she said.

Blunt played Kitty Oppenheimer in the film, and in a number of scenes, her character was drunk. She said in the interview that only once in her career has she actually drank before filming a scene where he character is inebriated, but she didn't say which project it was.

"I prefer to be stone-cold sober," she said. "I mean I seem to have done this a couple of times, I'm like the go-to for ugly drunks."

Oppenheimer's Cillian Murphy, who plays the title character, also earned an Academy Award nomination for the film. Murphy was at his childhood home eating sponge cake with his mother to celebrate his first-ever Oscar nomination.

Oppenheimer is nominated for 13 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The movie is still playing in many theaters nationwide and comes to Peacock on February 16.