Cagle asked if she poked fun at Krasinski’s role in his hit show at the time, The Office US, considering it originated in her home country.

Blunt said: “I hadn’t seen his version. I had not seen it. So I did a sort of cram-watch of several seasons.

“I kind of knew who he was but not terribly well. Which he likes to say that I had no idea who he was…but [I say], ‘Then you knew I liked you!’ So, it’s real.”

The actress added she knew Krasinski was ‘The One’ “disarmingly soon” after meeting him.

“We probably knew before that,” she said, smiling at the memory.

Some two years after they first met, the couple were married at a ceremony in Italy’s Lake Como – and, since then, the pair have gone on to welcome two daughters, Hazel and Violet. In fact, Blunt and Krasinski have called their first collaborative movie project, A Quiet Place (in cinemas now) a “love letter” to their children.

A fact which may take some fans by surprise, considering the film definitely falls within the ‘horror’ category.

“When I got the original script, we had just had our daughter three weeks before — our second daughter,” Krasinski told Hello Giggles.

“I was in that pretty terrifying phase of new parenthood. I was scared to keep her safe, scared to keep her alive, scared about whether or not I was a good enough person to be her father. And all these things are in this movie.”

Krasinski continued: “As scary as it is — and I love that people are saying it’s a scary movie — the truth of the matter is — and it looks insane from looking at this [movie] poster — this is a love letter to my kids. This is truly a story about, ‘What would you really do for your children in order to protect them?’ The family stuff is so emotional for me.”

Emily Blunt reveals the moment she knew John Krasinski was ‘The One’