United Kingdom, Nov. 13 -- Emily Blunt was scolded by Dame Judi Dench for being late and "wildly hungover" when they were working together on a play.

The 42-year-old actress was just 18 when she was cast opposite the acting legend in a production of The Royal Family in London's West End in 2001 and she loved working with the Oscar-winner until one day when Emily almost missed the curtain call because she'd been out drinking the night before.

Emily told ELLE magazine: "In my first play, [I acted with] Dame Judi Dench, and she was so magical to me. I was 18. I learned a couple of things from her.

"She was really the lily pad to everything else. She was so kind to me, and even though I was the only person under the age of 50 in that cast,...