Hathaway Denies Model Firings on Devil Wears Prada 2
Get the Culture newsletter
Daily culture — film, music, books, the trends and ideas worth your attention. Free.
- Anne Hathaway denied on Good Morning America that any models were fired from "The Devil Wears Prada 2," calling the firing story "misinformation" and saying the casting change actually "created more jobs."
- Meryl Streep first surfaced the story in a Harper's Bazaar cover story, revealing Hathaway "made a beeline to the producers" after noticing models were "so skeletal" and securing promises for more size-inclusive casting.
- Speaking to Variety at the NYC world premiere, Hathaway said she simply asked producers whether the scene would be "stronger" with a "wider range of bodies," and they implemented the change "in like an hour."
- Hathaway hinted that the inclusive scene is set to a "beautiful, amazing song" written by Lady Gaga, while saying she can't reveal what the scene is about.
- "The Devil Wears Prada 2" opens in theaters May 1.
Why it matters: Hathaway's clarification matters because Streep's original quote, while praising her co-star, was widely spun on social media as a "fired for being thin" story — correcting the record spares the production a controversy that, per Hathaway, never actually occurred, while preserving the substantive size-inclusivity win she championed.
