with a set of the devil wears prada 2Anne Hathaway thought she was doing a pretty good job of keeping her cool. Despite the 20-year gap, the film has become so ingrained in pop culture that a three-word phrase (“Flowers in Spring”) can bring people back to the runway. And that’s despite the fact that hundreds, if not thousands, of fans with smartphones and paparazzi with long lenses flocked to Sixth Avenue to watch scenes from the movie.

But then there was the camera test.

“I heard on the radio, ‘Miranda Priestly is walking,'” Hathaway said. fashion From the set of the next movie in Budapest. “Meryl, as Miranda, started walking down the hallway before me. I was about 50 feet behind her, and it was almost psychedelic to see her from behind. In that moment, I felt a lot of portals open. I was 22 again, but still. Thankfully, this time she didn’t stay in character forever, so we laughed a lot.”

Filming finished last summer the devil wears prada 2the long-awaited sequel to the 2006 film in which Hathaway played Andy Sachs. Andy Sachs is an eager young reporter hired as a second assistant to Miranda Priestly, the enthusiastic and formidable editor-in-chief. runway magazine—she struggles with how much of her life, identity, and values ​​she’s willing to sacrifice for this job.

This time also directed by David Frankel, TDWP2 Follows Andy’s return runway As Miranda navigates a dangerous new media environment (and runwayprecarious position within it). This includes reuniting with another former assistant, Emily (Emily Blunt). Emily is now the head of a luxury brand and holds the key to commercial funding. runwaysurvival.

Many of the original cast and crew are back —very Fortunately, Blunt and Stanley Tucci play the gentle and wise Nigel Kipling. “Everyone who was able to physically come back to be a part of the second film did so, so we left with a deep knowledge and appreciation of the past 20 years and what this film has become,” Hathaway says. “A new member of our cast described it as a ‘gay Christmas.'”

Here, ahead of the film’s May 1 release, we give you an exclusive first look at what’s going on then. runway. Miranda stands at her desk in a power-shouldered blazer and sharp glasses (the afternoon was spent finding and fitting Priestley’s perfect specifications). Emily’s eyes widened and her red bobbed hair looked like she was about to say something deep and sharp. Nigel in a suit and boots and Miranda in haute couture attended their version of the Met Ball. And then Andy attacks. runway Closet again.