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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Philip Oltermann in Cannes

Meryl Streep: it’s ‘hardest thing’ for men to see themselves in female characters

‘Even executives have dreams’ … Meryl Streep at the Cannes film festival.
‘Even executives have dreams’ … Meryl Streep at the Cannes film festival. Photograph: Getty

The cruel and unwelcoming fashion magazine editor at the icy heart of 2006 comedy hit The Devil Wears Prada may not strike many viewers as Meryl Streep’s most relatable role.

But in a stage interview at the Cannes film festival the veteran film actor revealed that her turn as Miranda Priestly, the boss from hell, was the first role she played that caused men to come up to her afterwards and say they knew exactly how she felt.

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