Had Anne Hathaway advanced at a pace as deliberate as a glacier's creep, perhaps she could have sidestepped her recent spill. Alas, the unrelenting whirlwind of the fashion world pauses for no soul—least of all one embodying Andrea Sachs on the bustling set of The Devil Wears Prada 2. Thus, amidst a frenetic day of filming, the actress found herself slipping on the grand staircase of a Manhattan brownstone, her hurried footsteps betraying her. Yet, as any regal figure understands, one's dignity remains intact only with one's own consent. Rather than shrinking into humiliation, Anne embraced the moment with elegance, sharing a video that cleverly juxtaposed her recent mishap with a legendary blunder from The Princess Diaries—Mia's spontaneous topple on the school bleachers.
The fan-created clip, styled as a "how it started vs. how it's going" narrative, depicted an 18-year-old Anne tumbling in The Princess Diaries, followed by a 42-year-old Anne, still spry despite her fall on the set of the beloved fashion film's sequel. In the latter scene, Anne rises gracefully from her stumble, amidst a flurry of concerned production crew members rushing to her side. Captioning the August 28th post, she wrote, "Twenty years later, still falling for you…"
When not pioneering new ground on set, Anne has been accompanied by her groundbreaking former co-stars Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, and Emily Blunt, as they traverse New York City's landscapes, filming the sequel throughout the summer. The sequel finds Streep's Miranda Priestly grappling with the decline of traditional magazine publishing, her potential salvation potentially residing within Emily Blunt's character Emily Charlton, who has transformed from a scorned assistant to an advertising titan with a long memory and no shortage of cunning.
Joining the fray are newcomers Simone Ashley, Lucy Liu, Justin Theroux, and BJ Novak, alongside Broadway's Helen J. Shen and comedian Caleb Hearon. While the specifics of Andrea's journey in the sequel remain shrouded in secrecy, Anne has hinted at her character's post-original film fate. "I envision her as a staff writer for a magnificent French women's magazine," the Les Misérables actress revealed to E! News in 2022. "Fluent in French, she might not be married but perhaps graces the world with a child or two. I think she's pretty fabulous."
