Anna Wintour Breaks Silence On Being Alleged Inspiration Of Iconic Movie

Famed journalist and style 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. Based on 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 style colleagues admitted they have been frightened 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 troublesome mild,” she stated.

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

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

Whereas the ebook and film characteristic 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 Greatest Actress. The legendary performer was additionally nominated for Greatest 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 loads of humor to it.”

“It had loads 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 liked the primary, hopefully Wintour loves the second, which is presently in manufacturing, in response to a number of sources, together with PEOPLE and Variety.

The sequel, which can star Hathaway and Streep, together with returning solid 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 in opposition to Blunt’s character, now a high-powered govt for a luxurious group with promoting {dollars} that Priestly desperately wants.”

At present, the movie is scheduled for launch in theaters worldwide on Might 1, 2026, whereas the unique film is on the market to stream on Disney+ and Hulu and for lease on Prime Video.

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

Based on a earlier report from The Blast, Wintour advised her colleagues concerning the information throughout a morning employees assembly, revealing she’d stay because the International Content material Officer of Condé Nast.

The enduring style journalist will even proceed to help Condé Nast’s different publications, akin to Glamour, Vainness Truthful, and GQ.

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

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