Emily Blunt Says Her Daughters Are 'So Happy' She Got to Work with Ryan Gosling: He's 'It for Them'

Emily Blunt is officially a cool mom to her kids.

On Sunday's episode of Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist, the actress, 40, shared that her two daughters Violet, 7, and Hazel, 9, who she shares with husband John Krasinski, can't believe she got to work with Ryan Gosling ni her upcoming movie The Fall Guy after seeing the actor star as Ken in Barbie.

"They're so happy. They have never had any interest in anyone I've worked with ever," Blunt said. "They know a lot of people I've worked with. But Ryan is — Ryan's it for them."

She went on to reveal that her kids loved Barbie so much that they kept asking their mom questions about what Gosling, 43, was like.

"They were like, 'What does he look like when he has normal hair?' " she recalled, laughing. "And so I had to be like, 'This is what he normally looks like.' It's so funny."

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In September, Blunt and Krasinski, 44, were spotted in the stands at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City for the U.S. Open, joined by their two children. Blunt appeared very animated throughout the game as she reacted to the exciting on-court action, even yelling out at times.

The kids sipped on drinks and, at one point Violet, who wore a blue floral print dress, climbed onto her dad's lap for a cuddle. Older sister Hazel sported a baseball cap and chatted with her mom during breaks in the play.

In July, the Devil Wears Prada star revealed she was taking a year off to focus on her most important role: mom.

“It’s one of those things when people are like, ‘How do you balance it?’ I never feel like I’m doing it right, you know,'” Blunt said on the Table For Two podcast about juggling her career with raising young children.

“But this year I’m not working. I worked quite a bit last year and my oldest baby is 9, so we’re in the last year of single digits. And I just feel there are cornerstones to their day that are so important when they’re little."

Blunt said she wants to be present for more of the everyday moments as a mom.

"And it’s, ‘Will you wake me up? Will you take me to school? Will you pick me up? Will you put me to bed?’ And I just need to be there for all of them for a good stretch. And I just felt that in my bones," Blunt explained, sharing that some "intense" and "time-consuming" projects last year took a toll on her family life and prompted her to reevaluate her work-life balance.

“The ones that are time-consuming I think, for me, are becoming few and further between because of just the emotional cost on me, on the kids, on balance,” she continued.