Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 15 (ANI): In a uncommon cross-continental second mixing Hollywood legacy with Bollywood aptitude, Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway sat down with filmmaker Karan Johar for an intimate dialog forward of the India launch of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ on May 1, 2026.
Filmed through the Tokyo press junket, the much-anticipated full interplay, following viral teaser clips, has now been unveiled.
In the dialog the trio they mirror on the movie’s legacy, style, and storytelling.
Karan Johar, recognized for his candid character, set the tone early with humor and self-awareness. ‘Should I be nervous about myself? Or must you be flattered? One of the 2. I simply wish to begin with that,’ he mentioned, earlier than admitting, ‘ I’ve been channeling Miranda Priestly in a lot of my boardrooms.’
Streep responded reassuringly, ‘No. No, you should not be nervous,’ whereas providing her interpretation of the character: ‘I believe that Miranda is just not all people’s concept of a job mannequin for a great boss. But I believe that she is somebody who’s credibly and reliably and respectfully in control of the folks. And she takes her job critically. And she loves working.’
A key spotlight of the dialogue was revisiting the story almost 20 years after the unique 2006 movie.
Streep mirrored on the passage of time, saying, ‘But the movie that you simply liked appeared earlier than we had iPhones. The world has modified so profoundly in 20 years. I’ve modified in 20 years and you’ve got modified in 20 years.’ She added, ‘And so we deliver all of that into this new incarnation of Runway. And it offers with the digital revolution in journalism and in publishing.’
Karan, visibly impressed by the actors, quipped, ‘When I noticed the trailer, I used to be like, what has occurred? Why is that this Benjamin Button phenomenon ruling these two fantastic girls?’ Streep replied with attribute wit, ‘You want a brand new prescription,’ including to which Anne mentioned, ‘The worse your imaginative and prescient, the extra we glance the identical.’
For Hathaway, returning to the sequel was each nostalgic and affirming. She mentioned, elaborating, ‘I received to return and work with all of the people who protected me once I was a 22 12 months previous actress who confirmed up on set, trembling like a leaf… And I’ve constructed up my craft and I’ve constructed up my confidence over 20 years.’
Streep described her personal return as instinctive, ‘It felt type of proper, you recognize, I felt, look, the script is so good.’ She additionally famous the lengthy improvement course of, saying, ‘It took that lengthy for her to discover a idea… to put these characters in jeopardy, within the shifting sands of the second.’
Fashion, central to the franchise, fashioned a big a part of the dialog. Streep admitted, ‘I used to be by no means serious about it, truthfully. I used to be serious about costume and I took my diploma in school in costume design.,’ including, ‘And so I checked out how we costume as a manifestation of character and telling you the place you might be, what your station in life is, not solely what your temper is that morning, the place you, who you aspire to be.’
She mentioned, ‘So many issues are eloquent about what we placed on within the morning. And style itself as you recognize what the pattern is, I simply wasn’t as serious about it as I used to be in the way it filtered into an individual’s life and made characters extra vivid and informed us extra about them.’
Hathaway credited the movie for reshaping her perspective, ‘This film reworked that,’ she mentioned, acknowledging costume designer Patricia Field. ‘I actually discovered simply form of the artwork type of style and elegance from her,’ she added.
The dialogue additionally explored their performing philosophies. Karan noticed to Streep, ‘You herald essentially the most unpredictable pauses in the way in which you assemble a sentence,’ to which she responded, ‘I in all probability am not conscious of that… For me, it is about listening greater than how I’m speaking.’
Turning to Hathaway, Karan Johar famous, ‘You emanate a sure form of goodness,’ and he or she replied, ‘I believe that a lot of performing is about empathy.’
The dialog concluded on a be aware of mutual admiration. Streep praised Hathaway, saying, ‘I believe you are a tremendous, superb artist… it was such a pleasure to re-encounter you as a grown-up,’ recalling, ‘You had been this little tremulous factor.’
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Directed by David Frankel and written by Aline Brosh McKenna, ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ reunites the unique artistic crew whereas introducing new forged members together with Kenneth Branagh, Simone Ashley, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, and B. J. Novak, amongst others.
Tracie Thoms and Tibor Feldman additionally reprise their roles.
Backed by twentieth Century Studios, the movie is about for a theatrical launch throughout India on May 1, 2026. (ANI)