Emily Blunt Says Christopher Nolan Hates Uggs, So She Gave Him Some

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• Emily Blunt says Christopher Nolan didn’t like the Ugg boots she wore on the set of “Oppenheimer.”
• Starr said Nolan’s reaction was like a scene from “The Devil Wears Prada.”
• Blunt gifted the director a pair of Ugg boots because he disliked them so much.

Emily Blunt says she gave Christopher Nolan a pair of Ugg boots because he hated her wearing them on the “Oppenheimer” set.

The creator of the atomic bomb. The British actor, who plays Kitty Oppenheimer opposite Cillian Murphy as Robert Oppenheimer, made his debut on Thursday’s episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

Blunt recalled wearing Uggs on set, and loved Nolan’s reaction to something from his best-known movie, “The Devil Wears Prada.”

“He has such a problem with Ugg boots. It’s a serious problem. And I walked in one day with them on, and it was like ‘The Devil Wears Prada,'” Blunt said. “He was literally like … just looking at them. I was like, ‘Chris, come on.’ He goes, ‘Take it off.’

While Nolan channeled his inner Miranda Priestly (played by Meryl Streep) at that moment, Blunt said she got her own back on the director.

“He hates them, so I gave him some presents,” she said.

It’s hard to picture the “Dark Knight” director wearing Uggs to work.

After all, Nolan is famous for running a tight ship on his movie sets.

“Oppenheimer” star Murphy, who has worked with Nolan several times, including on the “Dark Knight” trilogy and “Inception,” said last year that the director was “not that sympathetic to toilet breaks.”

In 2020, “Interstellar” star Anne Hathaway said that Nolan did not allow chairs on set because it encouraged people not to overwork.

At Sunday’s Golden Globes, Nolan’s latest movie was a big winner as “Oppenheimer” walked away with five awards, including best dramatic motion picture and best director.