Anne Hathaway has revealed that she personally pushed for greater body diversity on the set of The devil wears Prada 2, and that the producers acted to address it almost immediately.
Speaking at the film’s premiere in New York, the 43-year-old said Etalk from Canada who noticed a lack of size diversity among the models used and felt compelled to say something.
“I had seen that there were a lot of traditional-sized models in our movie and I know this movie is for everyone,” he said.
“We’ve also known in recent years that the fashion industry can take a more inclusive approach to beauty standards and I think we’re all happier when that’s the case, when everyone feels included.”
He went directly to the producers.
“I just approached the producers and said, ‘Hey, do you think we could?’ And they looked up and said, ‘We’re so embarrassed we didn’t realize, and of course.’ And after two hours, suddenly, there were more girls there. “It made me happy.”
It is not the first time that Hathaway’s intervention on the set has come to light.
Meryl Streep, 76, had already spoken about the moment in a Harper’s Bazaar interview in March, praising her co-star’s candor.
“Annie saw it too and went directly to the producers about it, securing a promise that the models on the show we were preparing for our film wouldn’t be so skeletal.” Streep said, adding simply: “She’s an honest girl.”
He The Devil Wears Prada 2in which Miranda Priestly (Streep) takes on Blunt’s character, now a powerful executive with advertising money that Priestly desperately needs, opens in theaters May 1.
