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"Emily Blunt has described her latest movie Salmon Fishing in the Yemen as &amp;quot;uplifting and hopeful&amp;quot;. The Wild Target actress appears opposite Ewan McGregor in the romantic comedy as consultant Harriet, who represents a wealthy Yemeni sheikh that wants to introduce salmon fishing in his homeland.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s an eccentric film but uplifting and hopeful. Audiences are crying out for storylines that carve new spaces for itself,&amp;quot; she told Daybreak. &amp;quot;It defies being boxed in. &amp;quot;The theme is the impossible becoming possible, and it also has the beautiful slow burning love story between Ewan&amp;#039;s character and mine.&amp;quot; On her character of Harriet, she explained: &amp;quot;I really liked the spirit of her character, she was buoyant and tenacious and good fun.&amp;quot;      Blunt also spoke of recently becoming &amp;quot;hysterical&amp;quot; when meeting US President Barack Obama at a function. &amp;quot;I thought that I would be fairly collected, but he turned to me and took my hand, everything went dark. I swooned, he was really pleasant and warm,&amp;quot; she recalled. &amp;quot;I remember laughing hysterically in his face. [Michelle Obama] gave me a hug out of pity after falling to pieces.&amp;quot; Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is directed by Lasse Hallstr\u00C3\u00B6m (Casanova, Chocolat) and has been adapted by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) from Paul Torday&amp;#039;s original novel of the same name. It will open on March 9 in the US and April 20 in the UK. &amp;gt; Emily Blunt: &amp;#039;Marriage to John Krasinski is priority&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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