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Pop Culture Happy Hour

The Devil Wears Prada 2 and What’s Making Us Happy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The Devil Wears Prada 2 reunites Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci 20 years after the beloved original film. The sequel finds Andy as a mid-career reporter who gets an unexpected opportunity to lead the features department at Runway and working for Miranda Priestly, the worst boss she ever had. But does the sequel capture the magic of the original film?

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0:00.0

The Devil Wears Prada, while beloved and re-watched, might not seem like a movie that needed a sequel.

0:09.5

And for 20 years, it went without one.

0:11.7

But now, Anne Hathaway, Merrill Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci all return to their roles in the Devil Wears Prada, too.

0:18.7

The film finds Andy right where she never thought she would be again working for Miranda Priestley, the worst boss she ever had.

0:26.6

I'm Linda Holmes.

0:27.7

Joining me today on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour is Ronald Young Jr.

0:31.2

He's the host of the film and television review podcast Leaving the Theater.

0:34.7

Hello, Ronald.

0:35.4

Hello, Linda.

0:36.4

Hello. Also with us is NPR music reporter Isabella Gomez Sarmiento. Hello, Isabella. Hello. Thank you for having me. Oh, of course. The Devil Wears Prado was based somewhat loosely on a novel by Lauren Weisberger, and it starred Anne Hathaway as Andy Sacks, a young woman who wants to be a serious magazine writer, but lands a job as the second assistant to the imperious, nasty, impossible to please Miranda Priestley, played by Merrill Streep.

1:03.5

Miranda is the editor of Runway, a high-end fashion magazine.

1:07.7

Stanley Tucci played Nigel, Miranda's unappreciated second-in-command, and Emily Blunt

1:12.8

played Emily, Miranda's miserable first assistant. In the original movie, Andy ended up leaving

1:18.6

runway, but the Devil Wears Prada, too, finds her as a mid-career, laid-off reporter who gets an

1:24.1

unexpected opportunity to lead the features department at Runway.

1:28.0

This puts her back in Miranda's orbit and Nigels, and as it turns out, Emily's as well.

1:33.4

It's really remarkable. A senior editor at Runway.

1:37.6

You.

1:38.5

Yep. We're all so thrilled.

1:41.8

You know what's funny is you've changed. You have.

1:44.3

You're much more confident.

1:46.0

Kept those eyebrows, though, didn't you?

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