Travis Kelce Reacts to Meryl Streep’s Dig in Devil Wears Prada 2 Clip

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Travis Kelce has some very large shoes to fill.

Meryl Streep has inadvertently challenged Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce while promoting the new movie, The Devil Wears Prada 2.

In a preview released on April 25th, Meryl Streep joked about filming in Milan, saying the most challenging part was walking in high heels on the uneven cobblestone streets, and playfully challenged Travis Kelce to try it himself.

As expected, when Travis heard what Meryl said, his brother Jason Kelce didn’t miss a chance to tease him.

During the April 29th episode of the New Heights podcast, former Philadelphia Eagle Jason Kelce jokingly asked his brother, Travis, “Do we have a problem with Meryl Streep?”

Travis, not knowing what Meryl Streep had said, responded with a slightly anxious laugh. He said he hoped she wasn’t upset with him, explaining that he was a fan and had no issues with her at all.

Once the video finished playing, Travis reacted with surprised laughter and then jokingly warned the Academy Award winner.

After Jason pointed out that stilettos have small, pointy heels – unlike Travis’s Chelsea boots – Travis changed his mind. Sadly, this probably means he won’t be wearing stilettos at his wedding to Taylor Swift.

Acknowledging Meryl’s capabilities, the 36-year-old admitted defeat. “I don’t think I can do it,” she said. “I won’t be able to make the trip to Italy, and I definitely won’t be walking in heels.”

As he put it, “Meryl has quite the resume.”

Once Jason clarified that stilettos have small, pointy heels – unlike the Chelsea boots Travis usually wears – Travis reconsidered his stance. Sadly, this probably means he won’t be wearing stilettos at his wedding to Taylor Swift.

Acknowledging Meryl’s abilities, the 36-year-old admitted defeat. ‘I don’t think I’m up for it,’ she said. ‘I won’t be able to make the trip to Italy, and definitely won’t be walking in heels.’

As he put it, “Meryl has quite the resume.”

Yes, that’s right! Meryl Streep is back as the formidable Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada 2, reuniting with Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci. The sequel premiered twenty years after the original film, making it Meryl Streep’s newest movie.

And the 76-year-old says it was worth the wait. 

Meryl recently told TopMob News that while they knew the movie was good and enjoyable, they were surprised by its lasting impact. ‘The fans showed us what this film really was,’ she said. ‘Many great, fun movies don’t continue to resonate with audiences for decades like this one has.’

Before you watch the highly anticipated new movie, discover some fascinating behind-the-scenes stories from the making of the original The Devil Wears Prada.

Even before the book The Devil Wears Prada was published, a movie adaptation was already being planned. Fox executives were impressed by just the first 100 pages and a summary, which were enough to convince them to buy the rights. As Carla Hacken, a former Fox executive, explained to Variety in 2016, she was the first at the studio to read it and immediately recognized the character of Miranda Priestly as a truly memorable villain. She recalled that the studio quickly moved to secure the project.

Oh my gosh, you won’t BELIEVE the story behind this movie! They started trying to adapt the book even before it hit the bestseller list in 2003, but it was a mess! Four different writers tried to just tell the story as-is, and it just wasn’t working. Then, thankfully, Aline Brosh McKenna came on board, and she totally got it. She realized the story was really about what women give up to climb the ladder in the fashion world. She told The New York Times she actually wrote a whole draft in just a month! Can you imagine?! But then she had to rewrite it again, taking everyone’s feedback. It was a lot of work, but she nailed it, honestly!

Creating the backstory for the film presented significant challenges during production. According to author McKenna, people in the fashion industry were hesitant to speak with her, fearing retribution from Anna Wintour and Vogue. She told Entertainment Weekly that one anonymous source reviewed her work and pointed out the characters seemed too kind, arguing that people in that world simply don’t have time to be nice. McKenna then revised the script to portray the characters as more driven and less accommodating.

Director David Frankel told Entertainment Weekly that Anna Wintour’s influence created challenges finding filming locations. The Met Ball meant the Metropolitan Museum wasn’t willing to let them film there, and Bryant Park – a regular Fashion Week venue at the time – was also unavailable.

We even tried to use some famous apartment buildings as Miranda’s, but the building committees wouldn’t allow us to film there. Finally, a producer friend, Wendy Finerman, let us borrow a five-story townhouse on the Upper East Side.

Bethenny Frankel shared that the team perfectly recreated Anna Wintour’s office for the film. According to Frankel, production designer Jess Gonchor secretly visited Wintour’s actual office to study it. The recreation was so accurate that Wintour reportedly redecorated her real office soon after the movie’s release, according to Frankel’s conversation with EW.

The costumes also posed a problem. At first, Frankel explained to Entertainment Weekly, they struggled to get well-known designers to contribute clothing because those designers didn’t want to risk upsetting Anna Wintour.

The film’s incredible costumes were created by the renowned Patricia Field, who gathered around 150 items from designers like Donna Karan, Zac Posen, Rick Owens, and even Prada. Field carefully crafted looks to distinguish Meryl Streep’s character, Miranda Priestly, from Anna Wintour. As Streep joked, “Everything was borrowed, so we had to be extra careful – no spaghetti at lunch! – because we couldn’t risk getting sauce on anything and not being able to return it.”

Anna Wintour clearly has a sense of humor about the situation. Meryl Streep spoke with the editor-in-chief of Vogue for the magazine’s 125th anniversary issue, discussing her role as Katherine Graham in the 2017 film The Post. When asked about the hardest character she’d ever played, Streep began to answer, but Wintour quickly interrupted with a laugh, saying, “No, no! We’re not going there, Meryl.”

Anna Wintour actually did see the movie—the same screening as her previous assistant, Andrew Weisberger. She later explained to 60 Minutes that while it was entertaining, the film wasn’t an accurate portrayal of life at the magazine.

Meryl Streep was the only actress the studio considered for the role of Miranda, according to studio VP Hacken, who told Variety they didn’t even think about anyone else. Hacken recalled desperately hoping Streep would accept the part. When Streep’s agent called to say she’d read the script and was willing to meet with the director, Hacken was overjoyed – she even put the agent on hold briefly to celebrate privately. “I was shouting in my office,” she said.

Meryl Streep explained to Entertainment Weekly that she admired the character’s strength and refusal to compromise herself. She appreciated that the character didn’t shy away from her flaws, and that she didn’t try to be likable to get what she wanted—something Streep’s friend, Carrie Fisher, used to describe as being overly accommodating. Streep noted that the character simply didn’t engage in that behavior.

Before agreeing to the role, Meryl Streep did something very similar to the demanding character she would later play. Although she had already won two Oscars and received eleven other nominations, she wasn’t used to negotiating for a higher salary. This time, however, she confidently asked for more money.

Honestly, when they first made their offer, it felt…low. Not exactly insulting, but definitely not what I deserved after everything I brought to the project. It was like they were testing me. Then, after I basically said my goodbyes, then they doubled it! Can you believe it? I was 55 years old and finally, finally learning how to stand up for myself and negotiate what I was worth. It was a huge moment for me, realizing I could actually do that.

As a huge Meryl Streep fan, I always appreciated how carefully she approached playing Miranda. She was determined not to make the character a simple stereotype, and she fought for specific moments to show Miranda’s layers. There were two scenes she absolutely insisted on. The first, which she referred to as ‘the business of fashion,’ was the iconic one where Miranda explains the importance of cerulean – it really showed her power and eye for detail. But even more importantly, she wanted a scene where we saw Miranda vulnerable, stripped of all her usual control – that hotel room scene was devastatingly effective and showed a completely different side of her. It’s those choices that made the performance so brilliant.

Meryl Streep actually came up with the idea for Miranda Priestly’s white hair. She showed up to a meeting with the studio head sporting the icy look. As director David Frankel told Entertainment Weekly, Streep fully embodied the character during that meeting. The studio executive simply looked into her eyes and didn’t feel the need to comment on the hair at all.

Anne Hathaway revealed she wasn’t the first choice for her role in The Devil Wears Prada. She joked on RuPaul’s Drag Race that she was actually the ninth actress considered for the part – meaning she had to work extra hard to convince the filmmakers she was right for the role, perhaps even more so than her character, Andy, worked for Miranda.

Anne Hathaway didn’t need to audition for The Devil Wears Prada, but she still had to work hard to get the part. She told Variety it required a lot of patience and even included writing “hire me” in the sand of a zen garden! When she finally found out she’d been cast, she was at home with friends. She remembers running into her living room, still putting on her shirt, and excitedly shouting, “I got The Devil Wears Prada!”

Luckily for Anne Hathaway, the studio’s first choice for the role turned it down several times. Director Frankel told Entertainment Weekly that they offered the part to Rachel McAdams three times, but she was filming The Family Stone at the time. After starring in hits like Mean Girls and The Notebook, McAdams wasn’t interested in another big, mainstream movie. According to Frankel, the studio really wanted her, but she was set on not taking the role.

Kate Hudson turned down a highly coveted role, saying it just wasn’t the right time. Speaking on Capital FM’s Capital Breakfast in February 2025, she admitted she regretted not making it work, and immediately knew it wasn’t a fit for her when she first saw the script.

Meryl Streep, impressed by Anne Hathaway’s performance in the 2005 Oscar-winning film Brokeback Mountain, played a key role in getting Hathaway cast in The Princess Diaries. Director Garry Marshall remembered Streep telling him about the scene, then contacting Fox executive Tom Rothman to say she believed Hathaway was talented and they would work well together.

Finding the right actress for Emily proved even harder. Frankel auditioned over 100 women for the role of Miranda’s tough assistant (including Tracie Thoms, who later auditioned for the part of Andy’s friend Lily). Ultimately, it was Emily Blunt, who showed up dressed casually, that really stood out to him.

Emily Blunt was already auditioning for the movie Eragon at the Fox studio when a casting director asked her to read for The Devil Wears Prada. As she told The Late Late Show in May 2021, she was in a hurry to catch her flight and felt quite frazzled. She did the reading, but she was wearing sweatpants and didn’t look the part at all.

A few days after losing out on the role in Eragon, Emily Blunt received a call from casting director David Frankel. She told Variety that she was at a club in London and had to take the call from the bathroom. Frankel explained that while he liked her audition, the studio wanted to see her again, this time dressed more like the character.

Emily was originally intended to be an American character, but Kate Blunt’s performance changed things. When Blunt delivered the sharp lines with her British accent, screenwriter McKenna decided to rewrite the script to reflect that. As McKenna explained to Entertainment Weekly, they met for coffee and added British expressions throughout the script.

Emily Blunt recently shared a story about how she draws inspiration from real life. Appearing on The Howard Stern Show, she admitted to borrowing moments from people she encounters. She described observing a frustrated mother in a supermarket while filming a movie. The mother, while scolding her child, used a specific gesture and phrase – opening and closing her hand while saying, ‘Yeah, I’m hearing this, and I want to hear this.’ Blunt found it so impactful that she incorporated the line into her film, and it’s now a memorable part of her performance.

Stanley Tucci played a key role in creating some of the most memorable lines in the film. After a long search for the perfect actor to play art director Nigel, Tucci took the role just in time, as he told Entertainment Weekly. He then brilliantly captured Nigel’s witty and sarcastic personality, even coming up with some of the character’s most famous lines on the spot.

Stanley Tucci recalled fondly a scene from ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ where Miranda Priestly first arrives at the office, causing a comical panic among the staff. He shared with Buzzfeed that the cast kept bursting into laughter during filming, and director David Frankel would playfully improvise lines for Tucci to deliver. Ultimately, ‘Gird your loins’ made the final cut, but another one of Tucci’s suggestions – ‘Tits in!’ – didn’t. He told Entertainment Weekly that this line always caused uncontrollable laughter on set.

One of his most cherished memories from making the film is the connection he made with his costars. He became close with Emily Blunt and was even invited to her wedding to John Krasinski in 2010. It was there he reconnected with Felicity Blunt, who is now his wife. They married in 2012 and have two children, Matteo and Emilia.

As Tucci told People magazine, he first met his current wife at the premiere of his 2006 film. He was still married to his late wife, Kate, who had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer at the time. He explained that he made the movie, Kate began treatment, and then they attended the premiere. She lived for four more years after that. Interestingly, Felicity—Emily’s sister and now his wife—actually spoke with Kate at the premiere, and he has a photo of the two of them together.

Rosario Dawson, similar to Anne Hathaway, vividly remembers getting the call about landing the role of Lily – it happened on her 30th birthday in August 2005. While she felt good about her audition, having often played supporting, ‘best friend’ roles previously – she thought Lily would be a natural fit – she was still overjoyed when she found out she’d been cast.

She told TopMob News that she was at Dartmouth workshopping a new play by Alan Ball when she found out she’d been cast in The Devil Wears Prada. She remembered someone telling her the news casually over lunch in the cafeteria, saying something like, ‘You booked The Devil Wears Prada! Happy birthday!’ She described it as a great birthday memory.

Thoms recalls seeing Adrian Grenier, who was very popular at the time due to his role in Entourage, surrounded by enthusiastic fans. Instead of signing autographs, Grenier cleverly gave each fan a CD by his band, The Honey Brothers.

Oh my gosh, it was SO smart of Josh Grenier! He totally used being Nate – Andy’s boyfriend, you know – as a chance to shine a light on the other guys in the band. It wasn’t about him being the lead singer, it was about lifting them up. I loved how he made each person feel special and then immediately turned around and hyped them up to everyone else. It was just… amazing to watch him be so supportive and genuinely appreciative of his bandmates. Seriously, a total pro!

Thoms had a wonderful time working on the project, describing the atmosphere as reminiscent of the show Sex and the City – a fun, grown-up, and very New York experience. However, she does wish one thing had been different.

She had a specific idea for how the Marc Jacobs bag would be used in the scene where Lily and Thoms both really wanted it. “I asked the props team to keep the bag hidden until we started filming, so my reaction would be real,” she explained. “The excited gasping and reaching – the ‘I want it!’ moment – happened because the bag was truly stunning.”

She confessed to TopMob News that the purse was so beautiful she’d actually planned how to keep it! She even imagined a scene where she’d accidentally leave it in her trailer, but that part of the story was removed. Sadly, she never got a chance to take the purse with her when she finished working.

Meryl Streep didn’t travel to Paris for the film. Originally, no one was scheduled to film in Paris for the scenes depicting Miranda and Andy’s trip to Paris Fashion Week. Director David Frankel was shocked by this, but he created a compelling preview that convinced the studio to move the film’s release to the summer and increase its budget.

Meryl Hathaway and Simon Baker (playing Christian, her other love interest) traveled to France to film scenes for two days. However, Meryl Streep filmed her parts in New York because the studio said it would be too expensive to fly her to France.

Meryl Streep actually ended up missing out on a lot of the enjoyable moments on set. She later told Entertainment Weekly that fully immersing herself in her stern Miranda character and distancing herself from the usual playful interactions was a difficult experience. She could hear everyone having fun, which made her feel down. She joked to herself that it was the cost of playing a boss, and it was the last time she ever tried such a deeply immersive acting technique.

Before Meryl Streep playfully became distant, she offered Anne Hathaway a quick word of encouragement, as Hathaway told People magazine. Streep said, “I want you to know I think you’re going to be great, and I’m so happy to work with you…and that’s the last nice thing I’m going to say to you.”

That’s all. 

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