Anne Hathaway is clarifying one of the viral stories around the making of “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” which brings the Oscar winner back as Andy Sachs. In a Harper’s Bazaar cover story published last month, Hathaway’s co-star Meryl Streep revealed that Hathaway went up to the film’s producers on set and urged them to cast size-inclusive models. Since then, Hathaway has been asked repeatedly about fighting for size inclusivity during production.
“It was just this kind of quick thing that happened on set and now it’s become a much bigger story,” Hathaway recently told “Good Morning America” about the moment while clarifying that she never once advocated for models to be fired from the production, which is how some on social media interpreted the story.
“I do want to mention there’s a little misinformation getting out there right now that people were fired because of the size inclusivity and that just didn’t happen,” Hathaway said. “Nobody lost their jobs, in fact, it created more jobs… It’s so hard because I can’t say what the scene is about, but there’s a song that Lady Gaga wrote and it’s a beautiful, amazing song. Isn’t it better when you see so many different types of bodies up there with that?”
Streep told Harper’s Bazaar in March that she was surprised how skinny the models were on the film’s set, and “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 stand-up girl.”
Speaking to Variety at the “The Devil Wears Prada 2” world premiere in New York City, Hathaway spoke for the first time about Streep’s revelation.
“I had noticed that we had beautiful models on set, and a lot of them were more traditionally model-sized,” she said. “I knew what the context of the scene was, and I thought the scene would be so much more enjoyable for the audience if we had just a wider range of bodies on display, because all different shapes are beautiful.”
“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?’” Hathaway continued. “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.”
Hathaway clarified to “Good Morning America” that just because she got the film’s producers to hire size-inclusive models does not mean the models who were originally cast lost their jobs on the film. The goal was for the scene being filmed to be representative of all models and body types.
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” opens in theaters May 1. Watch Hathaway’s full interview on “GMA” in the video below.
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