Within the 2006 movie “The Devil Wears Prada,” working on the fictional journal “Runway” was a job hundreds of women would kill for. However was the publication’s editor-in-chief, the formidable Miranda Priestly, based mostly on Anna Wintour?
The longtime “Vogue” editor has her personal ideas on the film, which was based mostly on a 2003 novel of the identical title by her former assistant on the journal, Lauren Weisberger.
It’s “for the audience and for the people I work with to decide if there are any similarities between me and Miranda Priestly,” Wintour informed the BBC whereas attending a musical adaptation of the movie in London on Dec. 1.
She added that she doesn’t “really think about” her public persona and that her most important concern is the “creative aspect” of her job.
Weisberger, who was Wintour’s assistant for a 12 months, shared some insider tidbits about her ebook in a 2010 interview with The Every day Mail. She stated Priestly, performed by Meryl Streep within the film, “wasn’t a one-to-one portrayal of Wintour. But of course my time at Vogue informed the book; there’s no denying that.”
She additionally mentioned her personal similarities to protagonist Andy Sachs, performed within the movie by Anne Hathaway. Weisberger stated she knew she was “tall and thin,” however nonetheless felt “short and fat” throughout her tenure at Vogue.
“And unlike Andy I couldn’t force myself to wear high heels,” Weisberger recalled. “It was expected of me, but I ran all day, all over the office, up and down the building 1,000 times and to Starbucks six times a day, so there was no way I could manage even a 2in heel.”
Chatting with the BBC, Wintour additionally cleared up rumors that nobody ever tells her “no.”
“That is absolutely untrue,” she stated. “They often say no, but that’s a good thing. No is a wonderful word.”
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In July, Selection broke the information {that a} “Devil Wears Prada” sequel is being developed by Disney.
