Hollywood star Emily Blunt.

Hollywood actress Emily Blunt has spoken about having “to be someone else” to deal with a stutter.

The British star said when she was growing up a teacher suggested acting as a way of “removing me from me”.

Blunt told The Sunday Telegraph’s Stella magazine: “It was the most intuitive thing, and he was right: the only way I could speak fluently was to be someone else.”

The 31-year-old actress, who stars alongside Tom Cruise in new film Edge of Tomorrow, said of her stutter: “It alienates you in some ways if you have trouble communicating.”