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As a movie, The queen wears prada Making the characters of Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel iconic – like the Avengers in designer outfits, each with a signature look and signature line (“That’s it,” “Can you spell Gabbana,” “When I feel like I’m going to pass out, I eat a piece of cheese,” “Tighten your waist,” etc.). But how much of that is actually down to Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel and the invention of screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna and director David Frankel? We’re glad you asked this question.
Here’s a closer look at how Miranda, Andy, Emily, Nigel and more do things. exist The queen wears prada Compared with similar novels, this novel The queen wears prada Movies – and which one we think wins.
Andrea (“Andy”) Sachs, Second Assistant to the Editor track
The Devil Wears Prada, Anne Hathaway (wearing Chanel necklace), 2006, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.Photo: Courtesy of the Everett Collection
Her introduction:
We first meet Andy in the film’s iconic opening montage, where she gleefully puts on her not-so-fancy interview outfit, brushes her teeth charmlessly, and (gasp!) eats an onion bagel, whereas in Weisberg’s original text, we meet her in media resources As Miranda’s assistant, in suede Gucci pants and Manolos, she unskillfully drives her boss’s luxury convertible across town. Both were recent college graduates—Book Andy from Brown University, Film Andy from Northwestern—with dreams of becoming a “real” journalist and working at a place like this new yorker. Book Andy is from Avon, Connecticut and smokes a lot. The Andy in the movie has neither a specific hometown nor any specific vices.
Main differences:
Obviously, film being a visual medium, Andy’s glow feels more dramatic in the film version. The queen wears prada Her first catwalk-worthy outfit, described in the book as a “tweed Prada skirt, black Prada turtleneck and mid-calf Prada boots,” was handed to her one evening by a friendly fashion assistant named Jeffy. In the video, the double-breasted black suit jacket is paired with over-the-knee leather boots, both from Chanel.
Attitude-wise, Andy’s anger at Miranda is more obvious and fixed on the page than on the screen. In fact, by humanizing Miranda (more on that later), the film also ends up creating a different Andy.
Andy who is better?
It was a tall order, but I had to give Anne Hathaway’s cinematic interpretation a competitive edge. Sure, she could have learned a few things about fashion on her own instead of making her incompetence someone else’s problem, but she’s less naughty about her job, her relationships with her friends and boyfriend are less complicated (more on that later), and her split from Miranda is more peaceful. (The movie’s Andy didn’t follow Miranda to the show at all and dropped her phone into a Paris fountain when her boss called, while the book’s Andy leaves her post saying, “Fuck you, Miranda.” damn it you. “)
