Meryl Streep: Superhero Movies Are 'Boring'
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- Meryl Streep said contemporary films are "Marvel-ized" with clear-cut heroes and villains, calling the trend "boring" in a Hits Radio Breakfast Show interview for "The Devil Wears Prada 2."
- Streep argued that compelling stories come from messy, complicated characters: "some of the heroes are flawed and some of the villains are human and interesting and have their own strengths."
- Streep revealed she initially turned down the original 2006 "Devil Wears Prada" before returning after the studio doubled her asking price, telling Today: "It took me this long to understand that I could do that!"
- Streep said her character Miranda Priestly would never use AI, noting the sequel's engagement with the technology and that Priestly already has assistants to handle that work.
- Anne Hathaway said every candidate she recently interviewed followed up with nearly identical thank-you notes, which she suspects were all written using ChatGPT.
- "The Devil Wears Prada 2" is now in theaters, returning to the world of high fashion two decades after the original.
Why it matters: Streep's critique lands with cultural weight as MCU-style franchise films have dominated theatrical releases for over a decade, and her own career is synonymous with the kind of nuanced, character-driven drama she says is disappearing. The irony: she's making the comments while promoting a sequel, not an original — a fact that doesn't undercut her point but frames it inside the very industry economics she questions.
