Anna Wintour Breaks Silence On Being Alleged Inspiration Of Iconic Movie

Famed journalist and trend powerhouse Anna Wintour has lastly damaged her silence on being the alleged inspiration of the blockbuster manufacturing “The Satan Wears Prada.”

Whereas talking on the New Yorker’s official podcast, Wintour, former editor-in-chief of Vogue, opened up concerning the movie, explaining that she truly attended the screening of the manufacturing in 2006 sporting none aside from Prada. In line with Wintour, 75, she went in fully blind, having no concept what the film starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep was about.

After seeing the movie, Wintour revealed a number of of her trend colleagues admitted they have been nervous for her future within the business. “I believe that the style business have been very sweetly involved for me concerning the movie, that it was going to color me in some form of tough gentle,” she mentioned.

Regardless, Wintour admitted she discovered the film “extremely fulfilling,” calling it “very humorous.” She even mentioned she speaks to Miuccia Bianchi, head designer of Prada, concerning the movie usually. “I say to her: ‘Nicely, it was actually good for you,'” she mentioned.

Hathaway and Streep starred within the 2006 manufacturing of “The Satan Wears Prada,” which is customized from the ebook of the identical identify. The publication was written by Lauren Weisberger, Wintour’s former assistant.

Whereas the ebook and film function dramatized occasions, the story relies on Weisberger’s personal expertise as an aspiring journalist on the mercy of a notoriously high-strung and demanding boss.

The movie was an enormous success, grossing greater than $300 million on the field workplace. Streep’s efficiency was so revered that she was awarded a number of accolades, together with the Golden Globe for Finest Actress. The legendary performer was additionally nominated for Finest Lead Actress on the Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, SAG Awards, and Critics’ Alternative ceremony.

Elsewhere throughout her dialog with the New Yorker, Wintour shared that she completely loved the film, which “had plenty of humor to it.”

“It had plenty of wit. It had Meryl Streep. I imply, it was Emily Blunt, [and] they have been all superb. Ultimately, I believed it was a good shot,” she added.

And if she cherished the primary, hopefully Wintour loves the second, which is at present in manufacturing, in line with a number of sources, together with PEOPLE and Variety.

The sequel, which can star Hathaway and Streep, together with returning forged members Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, “reportedly follows Priestly as she navigates her profession amid the decline of conventional journal publishing and as she faces off towards Blunt’s character, now a high-powered government for a luxurious group with promoting {dollars} that Priestly desperately wants.”

Presently, the movie is scheduled for launch in theaters worldwide on Might 1, 2026, whereas the unique film is out there to stream on Disney+ and Hulu and for hire on Prime Video.

The discharge of “The Satan Wears Prada 2” comes at an particularly poignant time, contemplating Wintour just lately introduced her choice to step down from her position as Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue.

In line with a earlier report from The Blast, Wintour instructed her colleagues concerning the information throughout a morning employees assembly, revealing she’d stay because the World Content material Officer of Condé Nast.

The long-lasting trend journalist may also proceed to help Condé Nast’s different publications, reminiscent of Glamour, Vainness Honest, and GQ.

Wintour’s announcement despatched shockwaves throughout social media, with one person writing, “It do not even appear proper, while you see Vogue, you see Anna Wintour.”

One other person posted a extra dramatic take, evaluating her exit to the tragic “9/11” terrorist assaults.