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Devil Wears Prada fans are only just making shocking discovery about Meryl Streep's iconic look
It was recently announced that the sequel to the beloved Devil Wears Prada movie would be hitting theaters on May 26, 2026.
And as fans gear up to see one of their favorite comfort movies bring back its star-studded cast for a second part, it appears as though they're feeling nostalgic.
Many fans have been digging up old videos of Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway discussing their time working on the film, and the recent rediscovering of a Hathaway interview has left them shocked.
In a resurfaced interview with Variety, Hathaway takes a look back at some of her most famous scenes in her extensive filmography and of course a scene from The Devil Wears Prada comes up.
Hathaway watches as her character, Andy, speaks to Streep's character Miranda Priestly - but in the middle of reminiscing on how she wanted to be a 'sponge' for Streep, Hathaway pauses on a still of her.
'Look at that wig,' she said.
She goes on to speak about Roy J. Helland (Streep's makeup artist and hair stylist) but fans seem to have blocked the rest of the interview out as they couldn't get past the realization that Streep is in fact wearing a wig throughout the movie.
The clip soon made its way to Reddit, where users shared their shock.
Fans were shocked to learn that Streep was wearing a wig in the film
'That was a WIG???' the original poster wrote along with the clip of Hathaway complimenting the wig.
'Holy cow,' another Redditor wrote at the revelation.
'When I first found out it was a wig I was also stunned,' another added.
'This is what quality hair pieces look like.'
But other users were a little less surprised and even pointed out that actresses wearing wigs in movies is a pretty common practice.
'A shocking amount of any hair you see looking beautiful on screen or stage or spread is a wig, or otherwise "synthetic/fake,"' one Redditor shared.
'It's remarkable what a skilled craftsperson can do with a wig.'
'Movie hair is almost always a wig, wigs look better on camera (if they're well done that is) because they always have more volume,' another user confirmed.
Fans also revealed that actresses wearing wigs in movies is a common practice to achieve the right volume for the big screen
Regardless, fans were taken aback at how well-suited the wig was for both Streep and the character she played.
'I would never have guessed. Exceptional,' one user wrote.
'To me, it's also how luscious that silver looks on her. It feels so believable that it's her own hair because it goes so gorgeously with her face and skin and the Miranda Priestly aura,' a user shared.
'She looks even better with the silver than she does with her natural blonde to me.'
The only thing left to see is how Miranda Priestly will make her legendary comeback - and just what wig she'll be wearing.
