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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

‘It was a fair shot’: Anna Wintour belatedly gives her verdict on The Devil Wears Prada

‘Caricature’ … Anna Wintour, left, and Meryl Streep as fashion editor Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada.
‘Caricature’ … Anna Wintour, left, and Meryl Streep as fashion editor Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada. Composite: Getty

Anna Wintour, the outgoing editor-in-chief of Vogue, has addressed Meryl Streep’s performance as a formidable glossy fashion-mag editor widely perceived to be based on her in the 2006 comedy The Devil Wears Prada.

Based on the novel of the same name by Lauren Weisberger, who previously worked as Wintour’s assistant, the film starred Anne Hathaway as an aspiring reporter who secures a post as a lackey to the ice-cold editor of fictional publication Runway.

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