Lucy Liu has promised fans that they will find the long-awaited The Devil Wears Prada 2 “highly entertaining” when it hits cinemas next month.
Lucy Liu has promised that The Devil Wears Prada 2 will be “highly entertaining”.
The 57-year-old actress plays an undisclosed role in the much-anticipated sequel and has indicated that fans will be in for a treat when the movie is released next month.
Liu told People: “It’s going to be highly entertaining. It’s going to give you all the things, all the eye candy, and it’s going to show that these characters have grown and changed.
“I think that’s what people want to see. They want to know 20 years later what’s different, because you don’t want to get served the same thing.”
The Elementary star’s part in the picture hasn’t been revealed publicly or shown in any trailers so far, and she is “looking forward” to audiences discovering her “mystery role”.
She said: “I think that’s what’s so special about it. I think everyone’s looking forward to it.”
Lucy explained that she is a “very big fan” of the original 2006 The Devil Wears Prada movie and described getting the chance to work with co-stars Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway as “almost like a reverie”.
She said: “Working with Annie and Meryl together in a scene was just amazing. (It was like) being plopped into someone else’s sequel, as opposed to your own that you’re in.”
The original flick – which is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Lauren Weisberger – followed Hathaway as an aspiring journalist who starts working for formidable Runway magazine boss Miranda Priestly (Streep).
The sequel is believed to take up the story as Priestly deals with issues relating to the decline in magazine publishing and faces off with her former assistant Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt), who is now a high-powered executive at a luxury fashion group in control of much-needed advertising revenue that could save the publication.
David Frankel – who directed the 2006 film – is back on board for the sequel along with screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, with Stanley Tucci reprising his role as Nigel Kipling.
Meanwhile, Justin Theroux, B.J. Novak, Pauline Chalamet, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Patrick Brammall, Caleb Hearon and Broadway stars Helen J. Shen and Conrad Ricamora all feature in the cast.
Blunt previously suggested that the original movie is a “nostalgia bank” for viewers.
The 43-year-old star 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.”
Lucy Liu teases ‘highly entertaining’ The Devil Wears Prada 2
