{"id":20940,"date":"2026-07-29T12:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20940"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:42:13","slug":"casting-wardrobe-and-cast-bonding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20940","title":{"rendered":"Casting, Wardrobe and Cast Bonding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re best friends,&#8221; Tucci <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1431038\/emily-blunt-stanley-tucci-related-detail-family-relationship-as-in-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">told E! News<\/a>. &#8220;To have it sort of cross over with work was just, like, weird.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for Streep, she was just excited to bond with the cast after leaning fully into her role as ruthless fashion editor Miranda Priestly the first go-round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the initial table read, she barely spoke above a whisper, <strong>Tracie Thoms<\/strong>, who played Lily, the loyal, tell-it-like-it-is best friend to Hathaway&#8217;s aspiring editor Andy Sachs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1283994\/20-secrets-about-the-devil-wears-prada-youll-find-as-groundbreaking-as-florals-for-spring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">recounted to E! News<\/a> back in 2021, forcing everyone to lean in to catch her every word.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She didn&#8217;t even look at Anne, except for when she talked about her sweater: &#8216;And then you got that hideous sweater from a Casual Corner&#8217; or whatever,&#8221; Thoms added. &#8220;And I could feel Anne next to me just, like, wilt in her soul.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Though Streep &#8220;loves the hang,&#8221; Hathaway <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1431110\/anne-hathaway-on-if-meryl-streep-method-acted-for-devil-wears-prada-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">revealed to E! 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