- EW has exclusively learned that Anna Wintour will not have a long-rumored cameo in The Devil Wears Prada 2.
- Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, and Simone Ashley were seen meeting with the former Vogue editor in Milan.
- Wintour served as writer Lauren Weisberger’s inspiration for Streep’s Miranda Priestly.
Unlike Demarchelier, Entertainment Weekly can confirm that Anna Wintour —Vogue icon and the inspiration behind Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly — will not appear in The Devil Wears Prada 2.
Though the renowned fashion editor was seen over the weekend meeting with Streep and fellow Devil Wears Prada 2 stars Stanley Tucci and Simone Ashley after a Dolce & Gabbana fashion show, EW has exclusively learned that Wintour’s long-rumored cameo in the sequel won’t happen after all.
Streep, Tucci, and Ashley met with Wintour after reportedly filming scenes for The Devil Wears Prada 2 during the Dolce & Gabbana spring 2026 fashion show in Milan, with Vogue publishing an accompanying faux article reporting as if Priestly herself was in attendance. Other returning stars like Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt were not seen at the show.
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While the article was tongue-in-cheek in nature, it still revealed new details about characters and plot. “Miranda Priestly made a surprise appearance” while “flanked by Runway’s long-suffering art director, Nigel Kipling, and a mystery new hire,” with the latter bit revealing new character details on Ashley’s role.
The post appeared to tease other details of the plot, continuing, “So why has Priestly chosen to descend from her ivory tower at Elias Clarke Publications’ Manhattan HQ and rejoin fashion’s front line? Priestly famously stepped back from public engagements within the fashion industry following 2006’s warts-and-all documentary exposé, The Devil Wears Prada.”
EW has reached out to representatives for all involved for comment.
Though she won’t appear in the sequel, Wintour — who recently announced that she’s stepping down from her longtime role as editor-in-chief of Vogue — played a vital role in the creation of The Devil Wears Prada.
Writer Lauren Weisberger worked under Wintour at the fashion bible, and used the editor as her inspiration to write her 2003 novel, The Devil Wears Prada, which was adapted into the successful, David Frankel-directed film in 2006.
The production reportedly meticulously recreated Wintour’s office on set, with the white-walled, chic space serving as Priestly’s office in the film.
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“Anna came to the first screening in New York. She sat right in front of me and David with her daughter and wore Prada, which shows she has a great sense of humor!” McKenna previously told EW in our 15th-anniversary oral history cast reunion in 2021.
Frankel added, “I remember her daughter nudging her through the screening, like, ‘They got that right!’ … A couple years later, I was at a tennis tournament in Miami … seated behind her, and when it was over, I made the effort to introduce myself — ‘I’m David Frankel, the director of The Devil Wears Prada‘ — and [she took her] hand out of [my handshake]!”
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen, who had a small role as a Runway employee, also recounted to EW what she felt the movie got right in terms of its portrayal of the fashion industry, adding that, while Wintour was “a more reserved person” in her experience, “she was always very nice to” the model.
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The film’s original stars — minus Bündchen and Adrian Grenier, whom EW exclusively revealed would not reprise his role — returned to New York City earlier this year to begin filming the sequel, a year after EW additionally exclusively reported that the OG cast would return for the film alongside McKenna and Frankel.
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Following an aspiring journalist named Andy Sachs (Hathaway) who takes a daunting job as a lowly assistant at Runway, a fashion publication headed up by the menacing Priestly (Streep) and her stylish staffers (Tucci, Blunt), The Devil Wears Prada grossed $327 million at the global box office and earned two Oscar nominations — one for Streep and the other for Sex and the City costumer Patricia Field’s creations.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 releases May 1, 2026.
