Anne Hathaway refutes claim that models were fired from “Devil Wears Prada 2 ”over body type: 'A little misinformation'
Anne Hathaway refutes claim that models were fired from “Devil Wears Prada 2 ”over body type: 'A little misinformation'
Joey NolfiMon, April 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM UTC
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Anne Hathaway on 'Good Morning America'Credit: ABCKey Points -
Anne Hathaway appeared on Good Morning America, where she refuted a claim that models were fired from The Devil Wears Prada 2 over their body type.
The Oscar winner called the rumors "misinformation," and celebrated the film's portrayal of models of all sizes.
"In fact, it created more jobs," Hathaway said on the talk show.
One of Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep's goals in sashaying back to The Devil Wears Prada universe was to make more room on the runway for models of varying body types.
Oscar-winning star Hathaway — who returned for the highly anticipated sequel in the role of journalist Andy Sachs alongside Streep as ruthless Runway magazine editor Miranda Priestly — told Good Morning America that the production sought to be more size inclusive in its vision of the fashion world.
GMA host Lara Spencer asked Hathaway during a Monday morning interview about the decision to cast a wider range of models in the film, with the actress noting that "it was just kind of this quick thing that happened on set" that has "become a much bigger story" after Streep revealed in March that Hathaway asked producers to cast models who weren't of a "skeletal" frame.
"Actually, I do want to mention, there's a little misinformation getting out there right now that people were fired because of the size inclusivity," Hathaway added in her GMA interview. "That just didn't happen, nobody lost their jobs. In fact, it created more jobs."
Hathaway said that the move "was about making sure that so many different body types saw themselves in a moment in the script." To avoid spoiling a key plot point on the air, she refrained from revealing too much more about it.
"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?" Hathaway said.
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Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Disney — the parent company of Devil Wears Prada 2 distributor 20th Century Studios — for comment.
In March, Streep told Harper's Bazaar that the cast attended actual fashion shows in Milan for the sequel, which lands in theaters 20 years after the release of the 2006 original. The three-time Academy Award winner said she was struck by the beauty and youth of the runway models ("everyone seems young to me," she added as an aside), but also by how "alarmingly thin" they were.
Hathaway noticed too, Streep said, "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.”
Lady Gaga, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, David Frankel at 'Devil Wears Prada 2' premiereCredit: TheStewartofNY/Getty
Someone you won't see in The Devil Wears Prada 2: Sydney Sweeney. EW exclusively reported last week that the Euphoria actress didn't make the final cut, despite filming a three-minute cameo in which she would've appeared as herself.
EW also previously reported that Adrian Grenier, who played Andy's love interest in the first film, would not return for the sequel. Director David Frankel later told EW that he had an idea for a Grenier cameo, but "it was just too late in our production schedule to make it happen."
The Devil Wears Prada 2 — also starring returning Devil Wears Prada cast members Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt — is in theaters Friday.
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