Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.Photo:Neil Rasmus/Shutterstock
Neil Rasmus/Shutterstock
Gird your loins, because Thursday’sAlbie Awardsincluding one major fashionable reunion.
TheClooney Foundation for Justice’ssecond-annual event featured avenerable who’s who of celebrity faces, including formerDevin Wear’s PradacostarsAnne HathawayandMeryl Streep— who reunited 17 years after the beloved film’s release.
Both were smiling ear to ear as they posted together at the function, which the foundation states honors “brave individuals who, at great personal risk,have devoted their lives to justice.”
Neither were wearing cerulean. Instead, Hathaway, 40, wore abright green, shimmery, strappy Versace floor-length dresswith a silvered checkered pattern and floral appliqués across the front. She accessorized the gown with silver bag, and wore her hair half up and half down. A diamond necklace, matching earrings and other silver jewelry added extra sparkle to her look.
Streep, 74, was equally radiant in a sparking black sweater adorned with gold embellishments. She paired with top black pants and dress shoes.
Photographers caught the two former costars as they embraced in a hug.
Emily Blunt and John Krasinski.John Nacion/Shutterstock
John Nacion/Shutterstock
They weren’t the onlyDevil Wears Pradaalums at the event, either.Emily Blunt, 40, who wasalso in attendancealongside with her husband,John Krasinski.
She wore a sleek red sleeveless Zuhair Murad dress with a scooped neckline and heart-shaped pockets on her hips. Krasinski kept it classic in a black tuxedo with a white shirt and black bowtie.
Blunt played the role ofEmily Charlton, Miranda’s first assistant.
Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt in “The Devil Wears Prada”.Barry Wetcher/20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock
Barry Wetcher/20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock
Over the years since the film has came out, Hathaway and Streep have remained friendly, posing together at both the 2009Vanity FairOscars Afterparty and on the 2014 Academy Awards red carpet.
In 2021, Frankel, 64, opened up about the role that Streep had in making sure Hathaway was cast in the film.
“Meryl was eager to make the movie, and she said, ‘Let me meet with her,'” said Frankel in an interview withEntertainment Weeklythat included some of the cast. “Brokeback Mountainwas about to come out. Annie had a wonderful, small role in that. And Meryl watched that scene from the movie, she met with her and called up Tom Rothman at Fox and said, ‘Yeah, this girl’s great, and I think we’ll work well together.'”
Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’.Barry Wetcher/20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock
According to Frankel, prior to Hathaway getting the role,Rachel McAdamswas offered the role three times.Scarlett Johansson,Natalie Portman,Kate Hudson, andKirsten Dunstwere in consideration.
Hathaway shared that once she found out that she got the part, “it was the easiest yes in the world.”
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“I remember the moment I found out I got the part, I just ran screaming through my apartment,” she said. “I had a bunch of friends over at the time. I just jumped up in the living room and screamed, ‘I’m going to be inThe Devil Wears Prada!’ "
source: people.com
