Meryl Streep says her co-star pushed for change behind the scenes, calling her a “stand-up girl.”
, 76, stars opposite Hathaway, 43, in the upcoming sequel to their 2006 classic, reprising their roles as Miranda Priestly and Andy Sachs, respectively. While attending runway shows at the real Milan Fashion Week to shoot scenes for the film, the two stars noticed a concerning trend.
that she was struck by not only the beauty and youth of the runway models, but how “alarmingly thin” they were. Stanley Tucci and Meryl Streep in character at the Dolce & Gabbana spring/summer 2026 collection show during Fashion Week in Milan in September 2025.Models walking down the runway at the Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2026 show during Milan Fashion Week, which Streep and Hathaway attended as part of the upcoming sequel.As the “heroin chic” look, often attributed to wafer-thin it-girl Kate Moss, declined after the ‘90s and 2000s, fashion saw an increase in representation for different body types and sizes. Even high-end runways, which are notorious for their ultra-rigid casting, sought models of different sizes—until recently, at least.“She made a beeline to the producers about it, securing promises that the models in the show that we were putting together for our film would not be so skeletal!” Streep said, calling Hathaway “a stand-up girl.”In that time, a lot has changed not only for Hathaway’s character Andy Sachs, an ex-assistant of Priestley’s who is now a features editor at the outlet, but for Hathaway personally. Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, and Anne Hathaway at the premiere of"The Devil Wears Prada" at the Venice Film Festival in 2006.She and her husband of 13 years, producer Adam Shulman, share two sons, including Jonathan, 10, and Jack, 6.“I just decided that it wasn’t fair for me to move through my life as a stressed person,” she said.“I’ve done a lot of work to figure out how to metabolize differently, so that way I don’t feel overwhelmed by all that’s coming at me and that I’m participating in, but I actually feel really excited by it,” she said.Another big change in Hathaway’s life is her approach to substance use. “I don’t normally talk about it, but I am over five years sober,” she told the
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