Emily Blunt says Meryl Streep was 'barely terrifying' on 'Satan Wears Prada' set as a result of she stayed in character as Miranda, even when it was making her 'depressing'

• Meryl Streep was “barely terrifying” to work with on “The Satan Wears Prada,” Emily Blunt informed Selection.
• Streep tried to remain in character because the intimidating trend editor Miranda Priestly whereas on set.
• However Blunt mentioned that Streep was “depressing” whereas maintaining the act.

If you happen to took something away from “The Satan Wears Prada,” it is that working for the fictional trend editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly is a horrible and thankless job. 

Apparently, staying in character to play her was practically simply as terrible an expertise for Meryl Streep.

In a dialog with “Succession” star Brian Cox in Selection’s Actors on Actors sequence, Streep’s “Satan Wears Prada” costar Emily Blunt referred to as Streep “superb,” however admitted that the star was “barely terrifying” on the set of the 2006 dramedy.

“She mentioned it was one of many first occasions she’s tried Technique appearing. But it surely made her so depressing, taking part in Miranda,” mentioned Blunt, who performed Priestly’s no-nonsense senior assistant, Emily.

Streep admitted in Leisure Weekly’s oral historical past of the movie in 2021 that going Technique was a “horrible” expertise for her, particularly as a result of she intentionally remoted herself from her castmates so she would not need to ice them out whereas in character on set because the cutthroat Priestly.

“I used to be [miserable] in my trailer. I might hear all of them rocking and laughing. I used to be so depressed!” she informed EW. “I mentioned, ‘Nicely, it is the value you pay for being boss!’ That is the final time I ever tried a Technique factor!”

Anne Hathaway, who performed younger assistant Andrea Sachs, agreed that Streep was “intimidating” on set however added to EW that she “at all times felt cared for” by Streep.

“I knew that no matter she was doing to create that concern, I appreciated [because] I additionally knew she was watching out for me,” she mentioned.