The actor responds to claims she pushed for ultra-thin models to be dropped from the sequel, saying ‘nobody lost their jobs’ and the move instead created more roles
Anne Hathaway has refuted suggestions that she had size-zero models fired from the forthcoming sequel to The Devil Wears Prada in a drive for inclusivity. Speaking to Good Morning America, the actor sought to clarify comments made by her co-star, Meryl Streep, to Harper’s Bazaar in March.
Streep told the magazine she had been surprised how thin the models on set were, and that “Annie clocked it too, and 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! She’s a standup girl.”
Speaking to Variety at the film’s New York premiere last week, Hathaway appeared to double down on the claim, saying she “thought the scene would be so much more enjoyable for the audience if we had just a wider range of bodies on display.
“I just went to the producers and I asked that question: ‘Don’t you think the scene would be stronger if we had a more inclusive approach to sizing? They looked up and were so sad that they hadn’t thought about it. I think they were so locked in, just kind of going with the flow. But as soon as they saw it, they were the ones who made it happen in like an hour.”
