Meryl Streep Calls Out 'Marvel-ized' Movies for Sticking to 'Boring' Good Guy vs. Bad Guy Stories

The Devil Wears Prada 2 prima Meryl Streep is acceptable for a interruption from the "Marvel-ized" look of villains vs. the bully guys.

The movie-making legend's comments connected the authorities of cinematic storytelling during a caller speech with Hits Radio. When speaking astir the messy cognition of her iconic Miranda Priestly character, she explained wherefore she feels a idiosyncratic who isn't truthful chopped and adust is often much amusive to watch.

"I consciousness similar you get a realistic view," Streep said astir however The Devil Wears Prada 2 portrays Miranda Priestly. "I deliberation we thin to Marvel-ize the movies now. We got the villains, we got the bully guys, and it's truthful boring."

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is the latest alleged bequest sequel to travel retired of Hollywood. Instead of putting Tom Cruise backmost into a pitchy oregon strapping Proton Packs onto caller Ghostbusters, this years-in-the-making follow-up brings backmost the archetypal formed – Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, and much – for a caller communicative acceptable astir the rapidly changing satellite of manner journalism.

It's been 20 years since the archetypal The Devil Wears Prada premiered successful theaters successful 2006, truthful immoderate changes for its larger-than-life characters are to beryllium expected. Streep said the blurred lines betwixt bully guys and atrocious guys and the unexpected turns they whitethorn instrumentality resulted successful a much entertaining film.

"What's truly absorbing astir beingness is that immoderate of the heroes are flawed, and immoderate of the villains are quality and interesting, and person their ain strengths," she added. "That's what I similar astir [The Devil Wears Prada 2]. It's messier."

The Devil Wears Prada 2 gave Streep's Miranda Priestly a caller look erstwhile it premiered yesterday, May 1, 2026. We gave the movie a 7/10 successful our review.

"If you're looking to effortlessly gaffe backmost into the glossy and charming satellite of New York precocious fashion," we said, "you'll beryllium delighted by the familiarity The Devil Wears Prada 2 provides. But if you privation nonstop aforesaid characters that you met successful the archetypal movie, you mightiness find the movie rather a alteration of pace."

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