in Disney's The Muppets, as Miss Piggy's receptionist. She starred in the 2012 film The Five-Year Engagement, directed by Nicholas Stoller and co-starring Jason Segel. In January 2011, Blunt began filming an American science-fiction film, Looper, directed by Rian Johnson and co-starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; the film was released in September 2012. Valentino tried to distance the character from a stereotypical portrayal of an Arab man. Joseph Schenck was interested in casting his wife, Norma Talmadge, opposite Valentino in a version of Romeo and Juliet. Lord Halifax, the Lord President of the Council, visited Germany privately in November and met Hitler and other German officials. In addressing the Cabinet shortly after German forces crossed the border, Chamberlain placed blame on both Germany and Austria. In May,