Up until then, Meryl was usually seen in serious drama films but The Devil Wears Prada promised her viewers that she could do no wrong, even when she was in a seemingly mainstream light-hearted film. In a recent reunion interview with Entertainment Tonight, Meryl and costume designer Patricia Field spoke about the choice for her hairdo in the film. Patricia recalled that it was the magic of the actor who could just walk in without saying a word and still be heard. Anne Hathaway, who was also a part of the interview, recalled that during her first reading with Streep, she realised the power of silence and how saying something in a whisper could be so much more authoritative than yelling it out.
The Devil Wears Prada features two female characters that are poles apart from each other but it is their differences that make this a film worth revisiting. She is a powerful New York City-based editor-in-chief of the fictional fashion magazine Runway.
She is known as much for her icy demeanor, as for her outstanding power within the fashion world. She has a loyal style editor, Nigel, who often gives Miranda advice. Miriam saved the small bills that her siblings would give her and worked as an assistant to a British designer. Priestly has twin daughters from her second of three husbands , Caroline and Cassidy, who one review suggested "look like extras from The Omen.
Weisberger denies that Miranda Priestly is modeled on Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, saying in the publicity material for the book [2] that her antics and demands are partially fictional and partially a composite of actual experiences she and her friends had in their very first jobs. But others familiar with Wintour, who makes a walk-on appearance near the end of the novel and in fact is later described as having a bitter rivalry with Miranda , say there are specific similarities between life and art:.
In the film she is a more sympathetic character than portrayed in the book. Whilst she remains just as ruthless and manipulative as she was in the book she is seen in a few moments of vulnerability three quarters of the way into the film in she confides to Andrea her distress about her failing marriage and the effect she is worried it will have on her daughters.
The film incarnation of Priestly also speaks with an American accent, which strongly suggests the film character is not a Briton as portrayed in the novel. Most, if not all reviews and articles of the movie made reference to Anna Wintour. Nicknamed "Nuclear Wintour", Anna has been known to possess most of the same traits as Priestly, although she has shown more redeeming traits.
Streep has told multiple reporters that she did not personally base her portrayal on Wintour, but instead on men she has known; Streep actually didn't meet Wintour until a pre-release screening of the movie. Nearly all critics of the film raved about Meryl Streep's performance as the cold, calculating Miranda Priestly.
The film has become iconic for its depiction of the backbiting, gossipy world of glossy fashion magazines, the people in power who run them, and the way women had to fit into a particular mold in order to gain their respect.
The film depicted Priestly as a villain who wielded such control over the world around her that she rarely let anyone know her on an intimate level. Shortly after college, the author moved to Manhattan where she landed a job as the Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of Vogue , Anna Wintour. Lauren worked at Vogue for approximately eleven months before leaving.
The book is reportedly loosely based on Weisberger's experiences at the publication. For years, viewers have compared Streep's Priestly to Wintour, and the acclaimed actress went to great lengths to nail the character. Miranda wanted to hire someone smart, surely there are a thousand people who are smart, capable, and also understand fashion.
A big role for any creative editor is nurturing perspectives, which is why people want to work with competent leaders in the industry who can teach them the ropes. Surely, a big part of her role is to cultivate the minds around her so she could eventually create the next Miranda Priestly, but Miranda never educates or even share her opinions with her staff.
For someone whose opinion can clearly make or break careers and dreams, Miranda is surprisingly vague about certain things, be it in her professional life or in her personal life.
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