Emily Blunt Needed to Costume Higher for Satan Wears Prada Audition

8. Earlier than accepting the half, Streep made a really Miranda Priestly-like transfer. Regardless of having already collected two Oscars and one other 11 nominations by that time, Streep hadn’t fairly mastered the artwork of asking for extra pay. However this time, she spoke up. “The provide was to my thoughts barely, if not insulting, not maybe reflective of my precise worth to the mission,” she defined to Selection. “There was my ‘goodbye second,’ after which they doubled the provide. I used to be 55, and I had simply discovered, at a really late date, methods to deal alone behalf.”

9. She had different calls for as properly. Cautious about turning Miranda right into a caricature, Streep insisted on two scenes: What she known as “the enterprise of style,” through which the trendsetter schooled Andy on her cerulean sweater, and “a scene the place she is with out her armor, the unpeeled scene within the resort room.” 

The white hair was her creation as properly, Streep turning up together with her icy locks for a sit-down with the top of the studio. As director Frankel recalled to EW, “Meryl channeled Miranda in that assembly, and there was no dialog in regards to the hair; they regarded into Meryl’s eyes and by no means stated a phrase.”