Meryl Streep would happily play the formidable Miranda Priestly in a threequel to The Devil Wears Prada.
Meryl Streep wants to make The Devil Wears Prada 3.
On May 1, the 76-year-old actress is back as Miranda Priestly, the formidable Runway Magazine editor, in the follow-up to the hit 2006 film, and Meryl has already backed the idea for a possible third instalment to the David Frankel-directed comedy drama.
During an interview alongside her co-stars Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt, both 43, and Stanley Tucci, 65, on the latest episode of SiriusXM’s Radio Andy, host Andy Cohen, 57, asked the quartet: “Will we be meeting back in five, 10, 15 years for The Devil Wears Prada 3?”
As Stanley tried to finish his joke that he might not be alive for a third film, Emily chimed in: “Don’t say, ‘I’ll be dead.’ You mustn’t say that joke.'”
Stanley quipped: “Alright. I’ll be infirm.”
After his response prompted laughter from him (Nigel Kipling), Emily (Emily Charlton), Anne (Andrea “Andy” Sachs) and Meryl, the latter shared she is open to the idea of playing Miranda for a third time.
Meryl said: “I’m up for it.”
The Devil Wears Prada 2 sees near-retiree Miranda competing with Emily Charlton, her former assistant and now executive, over advertising revenue.
There was intense fan excitement when the cast shot scenes in New York last summer, and the buzz made Meryl feel “unnerved”.
Last month, she recalled to Harper’s Bazaar magazine’s April 2026 The Now Issue: “Even though we were aware of the impact of the first film two decades ago, I think none of us were prepared for the ambush of both goodwill and avid attention that engulfed us.
“We needed police barriers and crowd control. Buses of fans turned up, and paparazzi swarmed and, in one case, kept jumping in front of the camera and the shot and got in a kerfuffle with crew!
“Annie kept her cool, but I was unnerved.”
Emily previously suggested that 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada is a “nostalgia bank” for viewers.
She told ELLE magazine: “The movie now is like a nostalgia bank for people.
“People have watched that movie 50 times. They’ve watched it with a sick parent; they’ve watched it when they go through a breakup. It has been a source of comfort and escapism. And the movie is really incredible as well. I think it’s a beautiful movie.
“In many ways, what starts off as a comedy – with the shock factor of the things they say, how they say them, and the ruthless nature of the fashion industry – then turns into something much more poignant and deep.
“I think it’s that shift in tone that people really gravitate toward.”
Meryl Streep ‘up for’ doing The Devil Wears Prada 3
