The movie was truly groundbreaking.
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The Devil Wears Prada has been the gift that keeps on giving, between the endless breadth of internet memes, cast reunions, and hilarious behind-the-scenes quotes. And the legendary cast — Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Anne Hathaway, etc. — continue talking about the 2006 film because they know how it thrills us.
In a new video interview with Vanity Fair, Hathaway, who played the scrappy journalist-turned-assistant Andy Sachs, rewatched scenes from the iconic film — which she hasn’t seen in “over a decade” — and reminisced about her experience on set and working with Streep.
“I was there the first time Meryl walked into that set, and I saw the way she respected the work of our production designer, but also, like, crafted it into something that felt more the way she saw the character,” she recalled. “I was such a sponge around her, I just wanted to absorb everything. The way she did it.”
“Oh my gosh, reminiscing is fun,” she added.
When asked if she knew that the movie would become as big as it is, Hathaway admitted she knew it would be successful, but she had no idea that it would become a permanent fixture in pop culture.
“Not as huge as it’s become, but it had a magnetic quality to me that I had to be part of it,” she said. “Not this though. Not the way that it’s sort of woven into the culture now, and it’s become such a touchstone for so many people. I didn’t realize it was going to have such a lasting impression. I didn’t realize it was going to leave such a legacy.”
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Hathaway cracked up watching another clip, during which Blunt’s character, Emily Charlton, grabs and chucks Sachs’s briefcase saying, “This is foul, don’t let her see it.”
“Emily is so brilliant in this movie,” she gushed. “I mean, period, but like also, she’s just insane.”
The three co-stars recently reunited at the 2024 SAG Awards to present the award for Male Actor in a Comedy Series, while also recreating some of the film’s most quotable lines such as, “By all means move at a glacial pace, you know how that thrills me” and “No, no — that wasn’t a question.”
