Anna Wintour Shares What She Really Thinks About ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ | News Channel 3-12
Anna Wintour described Meryl Streep's depiction of Miranda Priestly as humorous and fair, reflecting her acceptance of the character inspired by her without feeling slighted.
- On September 9, Anna Wintour told The Run-Through with Vogue podcast she was not hurt by the film's portrayal, nor felt slighted by Meryl Streep's depiction of Miranda Priestly.
- Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly is widely seen as recognizably based on Anna Wintour, and The Devil Wears Prada book by a former assistant inspired the movie; Wintour recalled going to the premiere wearing Prada with no idea what the film would portray.
- Wintour described the film as witty and humorous, calling it `a fair shot` while praising Meryl Streep's performance as fantastic.
- As she transitions out of Vogue, Anna Wintour will remain at Condé Nast as global chief content officer and Vogue's global editorial director, following her recent departure as editor-in-chief.
- Nearly two decades later, a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada is in development with Streep, Hathaway, Blunt, and Tucci returning, following its $326 million worldwide gross on a $40 million budget.
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Anna Wintour Shares ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Opinions After Fashion Industry Was “Sweetly Concerned”
As Miranda Priestley makes her iconic return after 20 years, Anna Wintour has shared her honest opinion about The Devil Wears Prada. The outgoing Vogue editrix recently reflected on the 2006 movie based on the book by her former assistant Lauren Weisberger, for which she admitted she “went to the premiere wearing Prada, completely having no idea what the film was going to be about.” “First of all it was Meryl Streep, which, fantastic,” she s…
Here’s Anna Wintour’s overdue review of ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’ (She moved at a glacial pace, but we’re thrilled)
Nearly two decades after the fact, Anna Wintour is finally giving her review of “The Devil Wears Prada,” the 2006 Anne Hathaway comedy built around the onetime Vogue editor in chief’s notorious style of leadership. And although Wintour is more than fashionably late, she’s showing up in time for the sequel. The film “had a lot of humor to it, it had a lot of wit, it had Meryl Streep,” Wintour said recently on the New Yorker Radio Hour. “[The cast…


Here's Anna Wintour's overdue review of 'The Devil Wears Prada.' (She moved at a glacial pace, but we're thrilled)
Finally! Anna Wintour gives 'The Devil Wears Prada' and Meryl Streep high praise 19 years after the release of the movie, which was inspired by the Vogue icon.
Anna Wintour Gives Honest Opinion of 'The Devil Wears Prada'
Anna Wintour delivered her honest verdict on The Devil Wears Prada while weighing in on comparisons to Meryl Streep’s demanding fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly. “I think, listen, it had a lot of humor to it. It had a lot of wit to it,” Wintour, 75, revealed on The New Yorker Radio Hour on Tuesday, September 9. “It had Meryl Streep. I mean, it was Emily Blunt. They were all amazing. In the end, I thought it was a fair shot.” There have b…
Now that she has named her successor as Vogue’s chief editor, Anna Wintour seems a little more relaxed. At least, she is now more willing to talk about the successful 2006 film “The Devil Wears Prada.” Based on the successful 2003 homonymous novel written by Lauren Weisberger, who previously worked as Wintour’s personal assistant in Vogue magazine, the film tells the story of an aspiring writer (Anne Hathaway) who gets a job in a major fashion m…
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