By no means has an actress felt so grateful not to be the lead.
As a result of almost twenty years later, Tracie Thoms can nonetheless recall the phobia she felt when Meryl Streep spoke these first intently hushed phrases at The Devil Wears Prada desk learn.
“We might barely hear her,” mentioned Thoms, solid as grad pupil Lily, the loyal, tell-it-like-it-is greatest good friend to Anne Hathaway‘s Andy Sachs.
At first, Thoms defined to E! Information in an unique interview, she thought the Oscar winner was merely getting by way of the fabric, nonetheless formulating how she wished to play unapologetically demanding Runway editor Miranda Priestly, a not-all-that-loose interpretation of Vogue‘s Anna Wintour.
“Some actors once they get to desk reads, they’re nonetheless ready to do the exploration technique of the character,” Thoms famous. “So they are not attempting to make choices early.”
However, “possibly, a page-and-a-half in,” Thoms mentioned of the script, tailored from Lauren Weisberger‘s wildly common novel of the identical title, “I used to be like, ‘Oh, no. That is the selection. Oh my god, that is essentially the most genius factor I’ve ever seen in my life.’ As a result of it made all people on the desk should lean into her, to Miranda.”