‘Devil Wears Prada’ Reunion At SAG Awards: Meryl Streep Defends “I Don’t Think I’m Anything Like Miranda Priestly!”
deadline.comIt’s not often that the SAG Awards stages a movie cast reunion, but one of the highlights of this year’s actors guild kudofest on Netflix was a lovefest for the 2006 romantic comedy The Devil Wears Prada, with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt taking the stage Saturday to present the first award for Male Actor in a Comedy Series (Jeremy Allen White of The Bear won). “Two things, I forgot my glasses and the envelope,” Streep began after taking the mic solo.
She was then joined onstage by Blunt carrying the envelope and Hathaway carrying her glasses. “It’s an age-old question, where does the character end, and the actor begin?” Streep began.
Blunt retorted, “Meryl and Miranda Priestly are like twins,” referencing Streep’s fierce Anna Wintour-like fashion magazine editor from the movie, a maker and decimator of dreams. “I don’t think I’m anything like Miranda Priestly!” exclaimed Streep.
Hathaway interjected cooly, “No, no, that wasn’t a question” to laughs in the room. Streep’s mouth dropped. “By all means, move at a glacial pace — you know how that thrills me,” Blunt leaned into Streep, quoting Miranda’s catchphrase from the movie.
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