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Not only isThe Devil Wears Prada 2officially in the works, but Oscar-winning Miranda Priestly actor Meryl Streep is poised to return for the sequel — and I couldn’t be more excited. Not only would Streep’s return to the world ofThe Devil Wears Pradamean great things for the movie at hand, but she could finally put a high-profile and divisive 2021 film in her rearview mirror. Despite beingthe most Academy Award-nominated performer in history, Streep has pumped the breaksin recent years, so I’ve really been missing her once-constant silver-screen presence.
Given how the actor’s prolific output has come to define her career, I knowI’m not alone in eagerly awaiting Streep’s next feature film role. In recent years, she’s turned her attention to television roles, appearing in both the Apple TV+ anthology seriesExtrapolationsand Hulu’sOnly Murders in the Building. The latter, which nabbed Streep a Critics’ Choice Television Award, reiterated her comedy chops amidMeryl Streep’s biggest Oscars drought. Notably, Streep is one of the few contemporary actors to garner an Oscar nomination for a comedy performance — all thanks to her performance inThe Devil Wears Prada.
Meryl Streep Returning For The Devil Wears Prada 2 Can Make Up For Her Divisive Don’t Look Up Role
Miranda Priestly Is Streep’s Definitive Comedic Role (& Much Better Than Don’t Look Up’s President)
WithThe Devil Wears Prada 2,Meryl Streep can finally smash a career streak, as the dramedy will mark her first proper movie sequel appearance. Although I love theMamma Mia!cinematic universe, it’s hard to consider the ghost-Donna cameo a real Meryl Streep performance. However,Streep’s willingness to appear in a sequel isn’t the only exciting aspectto her latest career move. In 2021, Streep appeared inDon’t Look Up, Adam McKay’s political satire about two astronomers (Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio) who frantically warn humanity about a life-threatening comet. Unfortunately, the climate crisis metaphor was divisive.
[Don’t Look Up was] hoping to take Streep’s Devil Wears Prada villain appeal and graft it onto [a new role].
With a 55% aggregate rating on Rotten Tomatoes,Don’t Look Updefinitely divided critics and viewers alike with its satirical view of politics and collective denial. While the Oscar-nominated movie resonated with some viewers, others found it smug and too over-the-top in its satire. EvenMeryl Streep claimed she “forgot how to act"inDon’t Look Up. I think McKay and his team were hoping to take Streep’sDevil Wears Pradavillain appeal and graft it onto an evil president character. At the very least,Janie Orlean won’t ever have the same name recognition as Miranda Priestly.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Is Thankfully Avoiding A Meryl Streep Mistake A $402M Hit Made 6 Years Ago
The Devil Wears Prada 2 will avoid Mamma Mia 2’s mistake by keeping Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly central, ensuring a compelling and dynamic sequel.
Devil Wears Prada 2 Can Redeem Meryl Streep’s Recent Rotten Tomatoes Streak
Streep’s Last Two Movies Are Both Rotten
It came as a shock when I realized that the Oscar-winning actor’s last two movies,Don’t Look Upand 2020’sThe Prom, both received rotten scores from critics. Both movies took big comedic swings, with Streep’s characters feeling more like caricatures than fully-realized people. Of course, I recognize thatMeryl Streep has only acted in three films in the last four years, but I can’t wait forThe Devil Wears Prada 2to maintain the acclaim of the original film — a certified fresh 75% score — and break the recent record set byMeryl Streep’s movies.
The Devil Wears Prada
Based on Lauren Weisberger’s novel, The Devil Wears Prada stars Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs, an aspiring journalist who, after landing a job with top New York fashion designer Miranda Priestly, gets drawn deeper and deeper into the cutthroat world of the fashion industry. Meryl Streep stars alongside Hathaway as Miranda Priestly, with a further cast that includes Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, and Simon Baker.
