This weekend's "The Wolfman" is the continuation of a beloved horror lineage that dates all the way back to the 19th century, through silent films and comedy classics ("Teen Wolf," anybody?) and right up to stars Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. But just because it's overflowing with blood, anguish and howling at the moon doesn't mean there isn't something in there for the ladies.

Just a few weeks after she wowed audiences with a Golden Globe-nominated performance in "The Queen Victoria," Emily Blunt plays Gwen Conliffe, a young woman in 1880s Great Britain convinced there is still humanity within Del Toro's hulking man-beast. Recently, we caught up with Emily for a freewheeling chat about corsets, hairy women and why she's hesitant about the possibility of onscreen shagging.

MTV: Emily, the movie turned out very creepy. But there's something funny about the fact that you've made a big-budget horror movie, yet you're still in a period piece wearing a corset.

Emily Blunt: [Laughs.]I know, what is that? It's so weird. It's like I have some sick fascination with corsets.

MTV: After "The Young Victoria," do you have your own corset at this point that you bring with you from movie to movie?

Blunt: Actually, I should do that, because the corset fitting is the worst part [of making these period films] — when they are trying to find the right fit. I need to have my own, personalized, Emily Blunt corset.

MTV: What is it about your "look" that makes people think you're perfect for period films?

Blunt: I don't know! I mean, I finished "Victoria" and then I got the script for this. And I didn't even realize it was a period film at first — I just heard that Benicio and Anthony were attached and I'm like, "Oh my god! Get me in that movie!" It just happened to be another period costume — but that's OK, I kind of love that. It's exciting to transport yourself into a whole other era and world. I always find the whole dress-up part of it really cool.

MTV: Benicio was a huge "Wolfman" fan growing up. Were you into the Wolf, Frankenstein and the other monsters?

Blunt: I was freaked out by monsters as a kid. Every kid has nightmares of monsters; as I got older, I started to invest more into the monsters, because there is something really sad about monsters — especially Frankenstein, he's the one I felt most sorry for. He didn't want to be that way; he didn't want to be made that way.

MTV: The Wolfman is pretty sad too.

Blunt: Yeah, they're in hell, you know? They're wrestling with the addiction of becoming this beast, and they can unleash themselves and thrive off it some way. But then they live with the regret and remorse — there is something sad.

MTV: From the Wolfman to a more modern-day thing like the Hulk, these characters tap into a desire we've all had from time to time: to go nuts, hulk-out and destroy everything. Is there a place and time where you would like to wolf-out?

Blunt: [Laughs.] How about a press junket? I'm gonna trash this joint! I'm gonna eat that microphone! Do I wolf-out? I don't think I've ever wolfed-out. Maybe it's lurking, laying dormant.

MTV: The Wolfman has been around for decades. How come we never see any Wolfwoman movies?

Blunt: I don't know. [Laughs.] Maybe people don't want to see hairy women? It's time; let's get the girls some hair.

MTV: Would you want to make a movie where you shag-out?

Blunt: Shagging out? You can't say that word to me. [Laughs.] I'm British!

MTV: That's true. It takes on a totally different meaning. But that would be the best movie tagline: "She shags — in both senses of the word!"

Blunt: "She Shags." That's great. Would I do a movie where I'm a she-wolf? Yeah. But I don't know if I could bear the four hours in the makeup chair, because I felt really sorry for Benicio.

MTV: Was he jealous of the fact that he spent so much time in the chair and you could just slip into your corset and be good to go?

Blunt: Yeah, he definitely had a couple of cranky days. He had some cranks. But I don't blame him — it was warm in that suit!

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