Everybody wants to beryllium them.
Ahead of nan merchandise of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” connected May 1, Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour posed together for a very typical screen of Vogue — both dressed successful Prada, naturally.
Annie Leibovitz photographed nan powerful brace for nan piece, while Greta Gerwig said pinch nan duo astir nan upcoming sequel (in which Streep plays Miranda Priestly, an icy editor-in-chief inspired by Wintour), nan early of fashion, life successful one’s 70s (Streep, Wintour and Leibovitz are each 76) and more.
Notably, Streep and Wintour are successful nary unreserved to switch jobs.
“There’s nary way. I person nary gifts. I person perfectly nary gifts astatine all. I can’t sing, I can’t dance, I can’t act, I’m useless pinch my hands, I can’t cook, I surely can’t sew,” nan Vogue editrix replied erstwhile asked whether she’d ever see an acting career.
Streep, meanwhile, would “dread nan shoes” required to deterioration arsenic nan leader of a manner mag.
“But moving pinch a batch of young group would beryllium thrilling,” she mused. “And to support each nan ideas flowing — I emotion that benignant of engagement — and besides conscionable to beryllium creating thing that makes group happy. To find beauty. Look for it, nurture it. Support it. That’s a bully thing.”
The three-time Oscar victor besides told Gerwig astir nan challenges progressive successful sourcing Miranda Priestly’s designer wardrobe for nan first film, which was released successful 2006 and became a container agency sensation.
“Everybody was acrophobic of Anna connected nan first one, truthful we couldn’t find immoderate clothes. Nobody would springiness america immoderate clothes,” Streep admitted.
“This clip we pared her down. We made her simpler and conscionable much fundamentally her. And we do person little hairsbreadth pinch maine — truthful that was not arsenic floppy and floopy. She loves an accessory, but there’s a fearless point pinch her. Less worried astir what anybody thinks.”