'They had to glue his head shut': How Emily Blunt's thoughtful pillow gift seriously injured Cillian Murphy

Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy played husband and wife in ‘Oppenheimer’
UPDATED FEB 5, 2024
Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt attend The 2024 BAFTA Tea Party at The Maybourne Beverly Hills on January 13, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California (Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic)
Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt attend The 2024 BAFTA Tea Party at The Maybourne Beverly Hills on January 13, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California (Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Emily Blunt’s “fantastic” gift for her co-star Cillian Murphy reportedly proved quite dangerous for him.

The 40-year-old actress and Murphy played husband and wife in ‘Oppenheimer’. Blunt gave her co-star a pillow, thinking it would help him sleep better, The Sun reported.

However, the pillow landed him in trouble.

(L-R) Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy attend the UK Premiere of
(L-R) Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy attend the UK Premiere of 'Oppenheimer' at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 13, 2023, in London, England (Eamonn M McCormack/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)

Cillian Murphy got injured because of a pillow

‘The Devil Wears Prada’ actress shared, “He’s going to kill me for telling this story. I was very concerned about Cillian’s sleep when we started shooting because I felt he had a monumental undertaking with this role.”

She continued, “I thought, like, that’s a good start-of-shoot gift."

“He told me he woke up in the middle of the night and he was so thrilled to fluff himself back to sleep on the pillow, that he sort of threw his head down back onto it and smashed his head open on the bedside table,” Blunt said.


 
 
 
 
 
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“He was luxuriating in it so much he smashed his head open,” Blunt disclosed, before mentioning, “So he came to set and they had to glue his head shut, all because of the pillow.”

Emily Blunt apologizes to Cillian Murphy

The mother-of-two went on to reveal another story from the Oscar-nominated film's set, which included her slapping Murphy’s face several times.

However, the scene was later edited out from the movie.

Blunt reportedly said, “Sorry about your cheekbone, Cillian. Poor Cillian. Chris went, ‘Hit him’. And I was like, ‘I don’t know’.”

“And Cillian was like, ‘Do it, do it’. Chris was like, ‘He’ll be fine . . . do it’. I slapped him then I grabbed him, by the neck really, by the collar,” she stated.


 
 
 
 
 
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Emily Blunt calls Cillian Murphy ‘a wonderful friend’

Blunt then added, “I just saw over the course of, like, ten takes that very famous cheekbone became even more prominent — and it’s not even in the movie.”

Despite all these, Blunt and the ‘A Quiet Place II’ actor have been good friends.

The ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ actress noted, “He was an amazing scene partner. I love Cillian, Mr Ocean Eyes, so much. He’s a wonderful friend.”

“He’s captivating. He’s mesmerising in this role. Everything was such a masterclass watching him,” she asserted.

Cillian Murphy talks about his hard work

Meanwhile, Blunt and Murphy will soon grace the carpet of the Academy Awards in March as they have been nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actor respectively for 'Oppenheimer’.

The 47-year-old reportedly said of his work, "It’s like you’re on this f***ing train that’s just bombing. It’s bang, bang, bang, bang. You sleep for a few hours, get up, bang it again."

Cillian Murphy attends the
Cillian Murphy attends the 'A Quiet Place Part II' World Premiere at Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 08, 2020 in New York City (Getty Images)

"I was running on crazy energy; I went over a threshold to where I was not worrying about food or anything. I was so in it, a state of hyper...something. But it was good because the character was like that. He never ate," Murphy added.

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