In 2006, adapting Lauren Weisberger’s bestseller for film, director David Frankel (also known for Marley & Me) offered Meryl Streep a role tailored to her: that of ruthless editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly.
Deliciously tyrannical, this fashion empress in New York puts the young Andrea (Anne Hathaway) hired as her assistant through a real trial.
However, as the film’s producer Wendy Finerman recently revealed in a podcast Hollywood goldThe choice for the famous actress – who also felt insulted upon discovering her initial salary – was not always obvious, far from it!
“People thought we were crazy about Meryl”– said the producer, who also owes us such successes as Forrest Gump or My Best Enemy.
“There were people calling me and saying: “Are you crazy? It was never a funny day in his life.”
“They were wrong, he was funny”Finerman recalled later.
Indeed, long before playing the role of Miranda Priestly, Meryl Streep had already largely established herself in the field of comedy, and especially with films such as Robert Zemeckis’ fantasy comedy Death Suits You So Well, opposite Uma Thurman, in a little trusty outfit (aka a psychiatrist). ), or even as the extravagant Aunt Agrippina in Baudelaire’s The Desperate Adventures of the Orphans.
“But it was obviously a new world for him.”– adds the producer. After The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl Streep (who was really more used to dramas like Sophie’s Choice, Madison Avenue, or Simple Mysteries) kept one foot in a lighter register.
Thus, we could see her in Mamma Mia!, singing and dancing, cooking in Julie and Julia, playing wicked witches in Into the Woods or even rock stars in Ricki and the Flash.
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