Emily Blunt recently confessed to feeling deeply intimidated by Meryl Streep during the filming of the original "The Devil Wears Prada."
Blunt, who is set to return for the highly anticipated sequel, was sharing her thoughts during a SiriusXM Front Row chat hosted by Andy Cohen. She was joined by fellow cast members Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, and Streep herself.
When the conversation turned to their early work relationship, Blunt recalled the first film’s shooting in 2006 and admitted that she was "quite scared" of her legendary co-star at the time.
"I mean, on the first one, I was quite scared because I feel like you were in a zone... She was in a Miranda zone," Blunt told Streep, who essays Miranda Priestly, the cruel editor-in-chief of Runway magazine in the film franchise.
Replying to the actor, Streep said, "Oh, yeah. I was in that zone."
Blunt added: "Not impenetrable, but we could come up and tell you a funny story, but you wouldn't do your extraordinary laugh that I normally hear."
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The first film revolved around Andy Sachs (Hathaway), a smart but fashion-clueless journalism graduate who moves to New York City with dreams of becoming a serious writer. Desperate for work, she lands a job as a junior personal assistant to Miranda Priestly, the cold and tyrannical editor-in-chief of the elite fashion magazine Runway.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2", which is set to release on May 1, is directed by David Frankel and written by Aline Brosh McKenna.
The story will follow Streep's character, Miranda Priestly, navigating the decline of traditional print media, forced to face off against her former assistant, Emily Charlton (Blunt), who is now a high-powered luxury group executive controlling vital advertising funds.
It is produced by Wendy Finerman with Michael Bederman, Karen Rosenfelt and McKenna serving as executive producers.
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