Weisberger is widely believed to have based Miranda on Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of Vogue, for whom she herself had once worked as a personal assistant. Fear of what Wintour might do in retribution for any visible cooperation with the production posed obstacles, not just in the fashion industry but also in Hollywood. [9] Pre-production [ edit ] David Edelstein, in New York magazine, criticized the film as "thin", but praised Streep for her "fabulous minimalist performance". [69] J. Hoberman, Edelstein's onetime colleague at The Village Voice, called the movie an improvement on the book and said Streep was "the scariest, most nuanced, funniest movie villainess since Tilda Swinton's nazified White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. [70] Weisberger's novel had been translated into 37 different languages, giving the movie a strong potential foreign audience. The international box office would ultimately deliver 60% of the film's gross. "We did our European premiere at the Venice Film Festival", Gabler says, where the city's gondoliers wore red T-shirts with the film's logo. "So many people around the world were captivated by the glossy fashion world. It was sexy and international." [6] The Intern, 2000 comedy about an overworked and mistreated low-level employee at a New York fashion magazine

Frankel, who had worked with Patricia Field on his feature-film debut Miami Rhapsody as well as Sex and the City, knew that what the cast wore would be of utmost importance in a movie set in the fashion industry. "My approach was to hire her and then leave the room," he joked later. [49] While only Valentino Garavani appeared onscreen, many other designers were helpful to Field. [50] Frankel recalls that Prada's decision to assist Field "helped her break the ice". [9]Bresnan, Conor (October 23, 2006). "Around the World Roundup: 'Prada' Struts to Third Victory". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved January 8, 2007. Lauren Weisberger’s smash-hit novel was published in 2003 to critical acclaim. The glitzy tale was inspired by Weisberger's personal experiences working as an assistant to Anna Wintour, the legendary editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine. What resulted was a satirical glimpse into the fashion industry itself and the high-end fashion magazine world…with all of its ruthless and demanding quirks, and beautiful outfits of course. The American Museum of Natural History was used for the exterior of the museum benefit, while the lobby of one of the Foley Square courthouses is used for the interior. [36] In 2008, The New York Times wrote that the movie had defined the image of a personal assistant in the public mind. [127] Seven years later, Dissent's Francesca Mari wrote about "the assistant economy" by which many creative professionals rely on workers so titled to do menial personal and professional tasks for them; she pointed to The Devil Wears Prada as the best-known narrative of assistantship. [128] The next year, writing about a proposed change in U.S. federal overtime regulations that was seen as threatening to that practice, the Times called it the ' Devil Wears Prada' economy", [129] a term other news outlets also used. [130]

Anna Wintour attends at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in 2007; Meryl Streep poses at The Devil Wears Prada screening at the Deauville Festival Of American Film in Deauville, France. / Francois Durand/Getty Images Slezak, Michael (August 11, 2006). "Who's your favorite summer-movie scene stealer?". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 25, 2006 . Retrieved November 27, 2021. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Nolfi, Joey (June 14, 2021). "The Devil Wears Prada oral history: Cast reunites to dish on making the best-dressed hit". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved June 24, 2021.Tucci was one of the last actors cast; he agreed to play Nigel only three days before shooting started. [8] "It was just such a beautiful piece of writing, and there's no way that you could ever say no to such a thing", he recalled. [9] The filmmakers reportedly had auditioned Barney's creative director Simon Doonan and E!'s Robert Verdi, both openly gay men highly visible as media fashion commentators, for the part; the BBC's Graham Norton also auditioned [34] from among 150 actors considered for the part. [9] Verdi would later say there was no intention to actually hire him and the producers had just used him and Doonan to give whoever they ultimately did cast some filmed research to use in playing a gay character (he would end up with a walk-on part as a fashion journalist in Paris). Tucci says he was unaware of this: "All I know is that someone called me and I realized this was a great part." He based the character on various people he was acquainted with, insisting on the glasses he ultimately wore. [35]

Based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel and the 2006 movie starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, The Devil Wears Prada follows Andy, a journalist who takes on a job at a fashion magazine with unexpected results. Andy gets on the subway at the Spring Street station and gets off at 51st Street, both on the Lexington Avenue Line. [61] Tucci praised Field's skill in putting ensembles together that were not only stylish but helped him develop his character: Marine, Brooke (July 2, 2019). " The Devil Wears Prada Musical Casts Its First Reading". W . Retrieved October 6, 2019. a b c d Denby, David (July 3, 2006). "Dressed to Kill "The Devil Wears Prada" ". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on November 25, 2006 . Retrieved June 10, 2018.

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Casting Andy was more difficult. Fox wanted a young A-list actress, and felt Rachel McAdams, then coming off successes in Mean Girls and The Notebook, would help the film's commercial prospects. McAdams turned down several offers to play Andy, telling the studio she was trying to avoid mainstream Hollywood projects for a while. [8] Kirsten Dunst, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, and Kate Hudson were other actresses considered for the role. [9] But let's get to the crux of the movie, which is actually pretty great fun. The parade of great fashion that whizzes by, the haughty power queen that Streep pulls off with such panache, the steady dribble of insults coming from Blunt's mouth, and the transformation of Hathaway, over and over, as she moves her way into this world are all really dazzling. It's a fairy tale with its feet firmly on the ground--but what odd, worldly, glitzed up ground to be standing on. Timestamp: 0:35 | Scene: Andy shows up with new clothes at the restaurant of Nate. Cut: Andy improves her fashion sense.