How “The Devil Wears Prada” Changed Meryl Streep’s Life

Published on 04/22/2022
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Terrified Of Streep

Hathaway was afraid of Streep for a long time. “There’s a scenario where Andy and Miranda are getting out of a car…,” she told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show in 2018. Now, Meryl was a bit of an island unto herself when we were filming this, so I didn’t get to speak with her much. But I was going to get a whole scene just to sit in a car with her. And I was just freaked out.”

Terrified Of Streep

Terrified Of Streep

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Impressing Her

“And you have to realize, like communicating may be difficult for me… And so I was like, ‘I’m going to take advantage of this time,'” Hathaway added. ‘I’m going to push myself to talk to Meryl Streep,’ but I couldn’t just talk to her. I couldn’t just be myself. “I had to make a good impression on her.”

Impressing Her

Impressing Her

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