Emily Blunt and John Krasinski took their daughters Hazel , 10, and Violet , 7, to watch the US Open women’s final this weekend. On Saturday, September 7, the family of four arrived at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City to watch Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula compete for the championship trophy.
The Office alumnus wore a cozy olive green sweater and a Boston Red Sox baseball cap, while the Oppenheimer actress wore a black baseball cap and a black shirt. Hazel and Violet, who sat between their parents, frequently switched seats, and the youngest child was often sitting on the lap of one of the parents. Sabalenka eventually prevailed, winning 7-5 against Pegula.
Other celebrities such as Tina Fey, Kevin Jonas, Flavor Flav, Al Roker, Lewis Hamilton, Emma Roberts, Shailene Woodley, Simone Biles, Cynthia Erivo, John Mayer and Serena Williams were also in attendance.
Krasinski recently wrote, produced and directed the animated adventure film IF, which also starred Blunt, voicing a unicorn. In May, the actor/director explained how his daughters were part of the film’s creative process.
Speaking to People, the actor joked that his daughters thought he was an accountant before this film, while their mother was in Mary Poppins and the Jungle Cruise. “So she (Blunt) was very biased with our girls starting out. And so on this one, I pitched the idea to them.”
He recalled making sketches of the IF characters and showing them to Hazel and Violet so they could hear their verdict. “When I started talking to the real actors and talking about what it would actually look like, they got really excited,” he recalled. The Quiet Place actor-director revealed that his girls’ real imaginary friends are also featured in the film.
The pink alligator voiced by Maya Rudolph was Violet’s imaginary friend, while her older daughter Hazel’s IF, a melting marshmallow, was also included in the film. “Hazel is a very sensitive soul, and we were making s’mores one night, and her marshmallow burst into flames, as they do, and she was so devastated that she hurt some kind of creature,” Krasinski recalled.
