The return of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2‘ is bringing back familiar faces and some very real memories. As Anne Hathaway reunites with Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt, conversations around the film are now getting a bit personal.
In a recent appearance, Anne Hathaway shared a childhood moment that left her feeling deeply embarrassed at the time. The surprising part is that the comment she received felt very similar to the kind of harsh lines fans are used to hearing from Miranda Priestly in ‘The Devil Wears Prada‘.
Anne Hathaway’s Childhood Comment That Felt Straight Out Of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’
While speaking about the sequel, Hathaway revealed that the most painful critique she ever received came when she was just a child learning to act.
“I went to an acting class when I was 8. It was the ‘how to act for a commercial’ class,” she said. Then, she added, “I made everybody laugh, and I felt so happy about that.”
Things changed quickly after that. Her teacher responded in a way that she did not expect. “You know what, Annie? You’ll always work, because you’re not pretty, but you’re quirky.”
That one sentence stayed in her memory for years. Hathaway admitted how deeply it affected her, saying, “I just remember the flood of shame.” As she grew older, she began to question that. “As I grew up, I was like, ‘Who says that to a child?’”
Even though it hurt her at the time, she has now found a different way to look at it. She said, “It’s all right. Maybe she was onto something, but it’s because I’m quirky.” Seems like she has accepted that part of herself more positively. And, in a way, she had to face a similar humiliation from Miranda Priestly on screen in ‘The Devil Wears Prada‘.
Emily Blunt And Meryl Streep Share Their Own Moments
Hathaway was not the only one who shared such moments. Her co-stars also opened up about the harshest feedback they have faced. Emily Blunt spoke about a difficult experience on set. “He will remain nameless, but a director said to me, after making me do a very small part of a scene about 15 times: ‘You had it, but it’s gone now.’”
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She said she felt confused and tried to understand what he meant. “I went, ‘What’s gone? My performance, my career? What?’ He goes, ‘Yeah, it’s actually gone,’” Blunt recalled. That comment left her shocked at the time.
Meryl Streep shared a memory from her teenage years. “My father started taking me to college interviews when I was 15,” she said. During one of those interviews, she was asked about her reading. “The dean met with me and said, ‘What have you been reading this summer?’ I said, ‘Carl Jung.’ She said, ‘Yung. Carl Yung, I think you mean.’”
Streep explained that she did not know Jung was Swiss at that time. The moment stayed with her because of how it made her feel. “I didn’t know he was [Swiss], but I remember thinking, ‘Why did she put me down?’ You remember stuff like that when you’re young, those cutting things.”
Even after all these years, the stories they shared show how powerful certain memories can be and how they can affect your self-confidence.
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