{"id":441846,"date":"2022-05-04T18:15:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/anna-wintour-didnt-know-which-assistant-wrote-devil-wears-prada\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T18:15:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:15:21","slug":"anna-wintour-didnt-know-which-assistant-wrote-devil-wears-prada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/anna-wintour-didnt-know-which-assistant-wrote-devil-wears-prada\/","title":{"rendered":"#Anna Wintour didn&#8217;t know which assistant wrote &#8216;Devil Wears Prada&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a2ae61ce4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a2ae61ce4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/anna-wintour-didnt-know-which-assistant-wrote-devil-wears-prada\/#%E2%80%9CAnna_Wintour_didnt_know_which_assistant_wrote_%E2%80%98Devil_Wears_Prada%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Anna Wintour didn&#8217;t know which assistant wrote &#8216;Devil Wears Prada&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Anna Wintour didn&#8217;t know which assistant wrote &#8216;Devil Wears Prada'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She doesn\u2019t know her.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Weisberger\u2019s 2003 roman \u00e0 clef\u00a0about her experiences working for Vogue didn\u2019t ring any bells for Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour.<\/p>\n<p>A new biography about the 72-year-old editrix claims that she divulged to then-managing editor Laurie Jones that she didn\u2019t know which of her previous assistants wrote the novel \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was only when Weisberger\u2019s book received the film-adaptation treatment in 2006 that Wintour started to finally pay attention.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Odell, writer of the new book \u201cAnna: The Biography,\u201d described what went down when the fashion editor tried to remember who worked for her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn May 21, 2002, Women\u2019s Wear Daily reported that \u2018The Devil Wears Prada\u2019 had sold to Doubleday for a reported $250,000. When Anna learned about the book, she said to [managing editor Laurie] Jones, \u2018I cannot remember who that girl is,\u2019 \u201d\u00a0Odell penned, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/anna-wintour-devil-wears-prada-reaction\/\">Entertainment Weekly.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The biography noted that Wintour went to a private screening of \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada\u201d at the Paris Theater in New York City in 2006 before the flick premiered on June 30. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/The-Devil-Wears-Prada-72.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, 2006, TM &amp; Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. film still DO NOT PURGE\" class=\"wp-image-22134029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/The-Devil-Wears-Prada-72.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/The-Devil-Wears-Prada-72.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/The-Devil-Wears-Prada-72.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Anne Hathaway (left) and Meryl Streep in 2006\u2019s \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wintour reportedly attended the showing, decked out in Prada. Director David Frankel allegedly overheard Wintour\u2019s daughter, Bee Shaffer, telling her mom that the movie \u201creally got\u201d her character correct.<\/p>\n<p>Vogue contributing editor William Norwich also contributed to Odell\u2019s book and was quoted saying that the Cond\u00e9 Nast director \u201creally didn\u2019t care about the book even after it spent six months on the\u00a0New York Times\u2019\u00a0best-seller list.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>According to Odell, Norwich added, \u201d \u2018I don\u2019t think Anna is as interested in the cultural phenomenon that she is as the rest of us are,\u2019 he said. Anna has said to friends, \u2018I\u2019m so bored by me.\u2019 This is one reason she doesn\u2019t plan to ever write a memoir. Norwich explained, \u2018She doesn\u2019t want to stop working to reflect.\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/harris-wintour-270.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Editor-In-Chief of American Vogue and Chief Content Officer of Conde Nast Dame Anna Wintour\" class=\"wp-image-21623049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/harris-wintour-270.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/harris-wintour-270.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/harris-wintour-270.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/harris-wintour-270.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Wintour\u2019s life was profiled in Amy Odell\u2019s newest book, \u201cAnna: The Biography.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Dave Benett\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Vogue rep revealed to Entertainment Weekly in a statement that the biography was \u201cwritten without Anna\u2019s participation and, regrettably, she was not given the opportunity to fact check anything in it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The chick-lit dramedy film starred Meryl Streep\u00a0as\u00a0Miranda Priestly, a ruthless\u00a0fashion magazine editor, and\u00a0Anne Hathaway as Andy Sachs, a wide-eyed eager college graduate who lands a job as Priestly\u2019s co-assistant, along with newcomer Emily Blunt.<\/p>\n<p>Hathaway, 39, wasn\u2019t the original choice to play Andy, according to Frankel. The cast gathered virtually for a<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/devil-wears-prada-cast-reunion\/\">\u00a015-year reunion with Entertainment Weekly last year<\/a>, where it was revealed that Rachel McAdams was the first choice for the role. But the \u201cMean Girls\u201d star turned it down three times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/The-Devil-Wears-Prada-74.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA,  Meryl Streep (wearing a coat by Fendi), 2006, photo: Barry Wetcher \/ TM &amp; Co\" class=\"wp-image-22134026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/The-Devil-Wears-Prada-74.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/The-Devil-Wears-Prada-74.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/The-Devil-Wears-Prada-74.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Streep\u2019s character Miranda Priestly was inspired by Wintour and Vogue magazine. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe studio was very determined to have Rachel star in that movie,\u201d Frankel said during the reunion. \u201cAnd she was very determined not to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Streep, 72, noted at the time that she based her portrayal of Priestly on Clint Eastwood. \u201cI saw Clint Eastwood run a set,\u201d the Oscar winner said. \u201cHe\u2019s someone that guys really respect, and he never raises his voice, ever; the one time that he did, it so terrified people for two weeks, they were traumatized . . . 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