A Sequel? To The Devil Wears Prada? Groundbreaking.
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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This week, Rebecca, John, and VF Staff Writer Savannah Walsh dive deep into the world of The Devil Wears Prada, looking back at what made the 2006 film so indelible and discussing how the sequel, set in the very different media landscape of 2026, gets it right. Then, Rebecca sits down with the writer behind both films, Aline Brosh McKenna, to talk about how the long-awaited sequel came to be and which of the films' four main characters feels most like her. That's all.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, John, give me your best Miranda Priestley. |
| 0:03.8 | Okay. |
| 0:05.7 | Why is no one ready? |
| 0:09.3 | Is that good? |
| 0:10.8 | I thought you were going to do, that's all. |
| 0:13.3 | That, to me, is harder. |
| 0:15.1 | I mean, the way she does, that's all is just iconic, spectacular. |
| 0:20.2 | It is. She's an icon. Hello and welcome to Little |
| 0:28.2 | Gold Men, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers. I'm Rebecca Ford. And I'm John |
| 0:34.3 | Ross. John, how you doing? I'm doing well. |
| 0:38.8 | We had a big weekend at the box office. |
| 0:43.8 | Michael made $218 million worldwide, which is huge. |
| 0:52.0 | Incredible. |
| 0:52.3 | You saw the film. |
| 0:59.0 | People are going for those performances, you know, in that music, and I knew that was going to happen. The minute I walked out of that theater, I was like, this is going to be big. |
| 1:02.0 | And I think it'll probably continue to do really well in the next couple weeks. |
| 1:06.0 | So a real success story, you know, with a lot of discourse around it, I think. |
| 1:12.2 | So much discourse. I mean, the making of the movie, all of it. |
| 1:15.9 | And the very critical reviews. The reviews were bad. I mean... |
| 1:18.6 | Yeah. It didn't matter. |
| 1:20.5 | And I also would have predicted that as well. So it's incredible to see that juxtaposition of just critically panned but incredible box office. |
| 1:29.9 | Yeah. Well, it just, I think it's the power of Michael Jackson, right? You know, like, and his music is just still so, so popular. But, you know, what a rocky road |
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