Emily Blunt's daughters don't like her character from “The Devil Wears Prada”

Emily Blunt's The devil wears Prada The role may be iconic – but it was also a little scary for her children!

The 41-year-old actress recently told Page Six that her daughters – 10-year-old Hazel and 7-year-old Violet, whom she has with husband John Krasinski – were less than pleased with her role as Emily Charlton in the 2006 film.

“They thought I was the meanest person they'd ever met,” Blunt said of her reaction to Charlton, a nervous assistant at a fictional fashion magazine. Runway.

Others, however, appreciated the character far more, with her telling the outlet that she still gets her lines from the film “quoted every week.”

“It’s incredible that it leaves such an indelible fingerprint on people,” she said.

The lasting impression of the film is particularly “incredible” because, as Blunt emphasized to Page Six, it is her “first big film.”

“I remember my agent calling me and telling me about the opening weekend,” she recalled of the box office success. “I just thought, 'Is this good?' I didn't know what good was.”

The actress added that the The devil wears Prada The cast – Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and others – had “the time of our lives” working on the popular drama comedy.

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Blunt and Krasinski, 44, are very private about their relationship and family life, but have shared a few rare anecdotes about Hazel and Violet – and what they think of their movie star parents.

During a conversation with PEOPLE earlier this year, Blunt revealed that her 2021 film, despite its family-friendly nature, Jungle Cruise was a disturbing sight for her little ones.

“You only saw Jungle Cruise once”, the Oppenheimer said the actress. “They didn't like the underwater stuff where I'm trapped and in danger.”

When Hazel and Violet saw that their mother was in danger, they began to “cry” and “left the room,” the actress recalled.

In general, she explained, “they don't like seeing me on screen, which I understand because I'm their mom and it's very strange to see me playing someone else.”

Unfortunately for her daughters, however, Blunt could return to the world of film, runway in the near future, as The devil wears Prada gets a sequel.

During a recent chat with PEOPLE, the star kept quiet about the upcoming film — “Oh my God, I can't tell you anything” — but said she's ready for some fun looks.

“I just want to get good eye makeup again,” Blunt said, before joking that she might even get another bout of stomach flu: “I hope so.”