Forget the Super Bowl, forget Punxsutawney Phil, forget the Grammys; the most important thing in February already happened on Feb. 2; the trailer for “Devil Wears Prada 2” dropped.
And boy is it promising a lot. It’s been 20 years since the first movie released and the sequel has more than enough to live up to.
All of the main cast is making their return in the beloved characters of Miranda Priestley (Meryl Streep), Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway), Emily (Emily Blunt) and Nigel (Stanley Tucci), but this time the dynamics of the group seem to be a little more interesting.
It was also insane seeing them all presented as either Academy Award-winners or Academy Award-nominees; when the first movie came out only Streep held that title.
To be frank, as an avid “Devil Wears Prada” fan, I was skeptical when they originally announced the sequel. It’s been two decades — and even though the cast are all clearly vampires because they look like they barely aged five days since then — there are a lot of expectations that come with trying to follow up a classic.
The one thing that kept my hopes up was the return of Streep, who infamously avoids sequels, so clearly she saw something in the script that made her want to return as the Editor-in-Chief of Runway.
But then I saw the trailer — or more like ran to YouTube as soon as the announcement dropped at the Grammys.
And oh my God, was it everything.
I was worried they were going to go down a cliche road, but from what I’ve seen so far, the plot seems pretty realistic. I audibly laughed when Miranda did not recognize Andrea (whether she was faking it or not is still up for debate) and it was interesting to see Andrea come back to her roots, so to say, becoming an editor at Runway.
It will be cool to see whether any real life events will be reflected in the plot. Miranda was ultimately based on Anna Wintour, the previous editor of Vogue, who no longer holds that position, while Miranda seems to be thriving even though they tried getting rid of her in the first movie.
Aside from the core four, Tracie Thoms (Andrea’s friend, Lily) and Tibor Feldman (Irv Ravitz) seem to be the only ones returning from the first movie, but the rest of the new cast is nothing to frown upon.
From the list that was already made public, Australian actor Patrick Brammall is set to play Andrea’s new love interest — and thank God cause I couldn’t be the only one who did not like her college boyfriend — and I was pleased to see actress Simone Ashley’s name, even though we don’t know who she will play just yet. Personally, I wouldn’t mind if they somehow brought Kate Bridgeton to the modern era is all I’m saying.
Actress Sydney Sweeney is definitely someone I did not expect to see on the list, especially after the backlash the actress received after her ad with American Eagle, but I also see it. No matter the role, Sweeney fits into the world that “Devil Wears Prada” paints, but I am still wondering how big of a role she will end up having.
The real nice surprises were in the form of fashion designer Donatella Versace and singer Lady Gaga. While both of them will most likely only have small appearances as themselves, I still like that this movie is coming for the same wow factor that the first one had.
There are exactly 80 days til this movie hits the theaters, which also means 80 days til I will be sitting in the front row for what will be my first watch of probably the next thousand of this movie, and there’s still a lot unknown. While the trailer gave us some insight into the characters, we don’t know what the main plot and problem will be, and it’s kind of fun to try guessing.
And because I saw all of the leaked clips on TikTok from people in New York City (really it had to be so nice to live in a day and age where social media didn’t spoil everything) I know there is another great iconic fashion montage coming. And that’s enough to keep me going for the next two and a half months.
