Anne Hathaway Jokes the 8 Other Actresses Originally Asked to Play Her “Devil Wears Prada” Role Are 'Tattooed on My Brain'
Anne Hathaway Jokes the 8 Other Actresses Originally Asked to Play Her “Devil Wears Prada” Role Are 'Tattooed on My Brain'
Raven BrunnerTue, May 5, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC
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Anne Hathaway attends the world premiere of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ at Lincoln Center in New York City on April 20, 2026.Credit: ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty -
Anne Hathaway said in a recent interview that she has the eight other actresses originally asked to play Andy Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada are “tattooed on my brain"
She starred in the 2006 comedy with Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci
Rachel McAdams, Juliette Lewis and Claire Danes were among those who auditioned for the part
Anne Hathaway was always meant to be Andy Sachs.
The actress, 43, got candid about the eight other actresses who were originally asked to play her role of Andy Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada.
“I wasn’t the first choice to play Andy Sachs," Hathaway said in a joint Capital FM interview with her costar Emily Blunt, adding that she was "actually the ninth choice."
Blunt, also 43, then asked of the other actresses, “Can you name them?” And Hathaway replied, “Of course I can, they’re tattooed on my brain all these years later.”
Anne Hathaway in 'The Devil Wears Prada.'Credit: 20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock
“It was kind of amazing, because I'm just like, ‘Why is everyone turning down this amazing part in this amazing movie?' I couldn't figure it out. So now I like to, you know, kid myself and think that it was like some kind of destiny,” the Oscar winner continued.
Blunt said there's "no one else" who could play the beloved role, to which Hathaway responded, “You’re so sweet.”
Hathaway said she continued waiting for her moment after other actresses turned down the role. "The reason I felt really strongly that I should keep putting myself forward, and I shouldn't take my eye off the prize, was because the project just had this really unbelievable, almost mystical, magnetism to it, and I could feel it,” she said.
“I just was like, 'It doesn't matter how you get on this project, just get on it,' ” the actress added.
Hathaway starred in the 2006 comedy with Blunt, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci. The movie, directed by David Frankel and written by Aline Brosh McKenna, followed Andy, an aspiring journalist, as she lands a job at a competitive fashion magazine.
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All four actors reprised their roles in the sequel, The Devil Wears Prada 2, which came out on May 1, 20 years after the original.
Back in 2021, Hathaway mentioned the other actress who auditioned for her role during an appearance on RuPaul's Drag Race when contestant Rosé asked if there were any roles she had to "fight tooth and nail for.”
"I will give you some tea: I was the ninth choice for Devil Wears Prada," she revealed at the time. "But I got it! Hang in there, never give up."
Rachel McAdams, Juliette Lewis and Claire Danes were among those who auditioned for the part. Kirsten Dunst, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Kate Hudson were also up for the role, according to Marie Claire.
(L-R) Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci and Anne Hathaway attend the world premiere of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ at Lincoln Center in New York City on April 20, 2026.Credit: Jamie McCarthy/Getty
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Hathaway, who was named PEOPLE's World’s Most Beautiful in 2026, looked back on filming the first movie in an exclusive interview.
"The thing that struck me was that when we made the first one, I was just a 22-year-old mess," she said. "I mean, I'm in such a different phase of my life. I'm really lucky. I found someone that I love so much [husband Adam Shulman]. We've been married for 17 years. We've got two kids. I just feel like my life is in a much more complete and whole place. I felt so lost when I was 22, which really worked for the character."
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is now in theaters.
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