The images are chic, the story too, but behind the scenes tells something completely different. On the set of , Anne Hathaway set a very clear limit for the teams: fashion, yes, extreme thinness, no. A gesture born from a very specific shock, observed far from the studios.
A few weeks before the release of , announced for April 30, 2026, this position is already circulating everywhere. The film once again brings together Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, but it is the new rules imposed around bodies and catwalks that attract attention.
Milan 2025: Meryl Streep’s shock faced with extreme thinness
The episode takes place during Milan Fashion Week, in September 2025. For the purposes of the film, the female cast attends real fashion shows, immersed in the universe that it tells on screen. There, the actresses discovered a generation of models with extremely thin bodies, which brought back old memories for some.
In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar magazine, Meryl Streep says she was deeply affected by what she saw on the catwalk. , she confides. She makes the link with the 2000s, this period when extreme thinness standards in the fashion industry accompanied an explosion of eating disorders among young people.
On set, Anne Hathaway sets her rules against being thin
Faced with these silhouettes deemed dangerous, Anne Hathaway is not satisfied with an observation. The actress turned directly to the film’s producers to ask that the models present in the parade recreated for the camera not reproduce these images. She gets a promise that there will be no scrawny models on screen.
Meryl Streep welcomes this attitude bluntly: , she says. This behind-the-scenes intervention draws a red line for the entire team: the parade designed for will not show sick bodies, unlike the catwalks which seem to discreetly reconnect with the old diktats of thinness.
A new look at bodies for several generations of spectators
This decision particularly resonates for a film that is aimed at several generations. The first belongs to the 2000s, marked in fashion by the obsession with thinness. What follows comes in a context where these images remain very present in the memories and experiences of many young people.
By refusing to align fiction with the most extreme silhouettes seen in Milan, the team sends a clear message: The Devil Wears Prada 2 will not promote diseased bodies. For spectators who grew up with these codes and for those who are discovering them today, future catwalk scenes therefore promise something other than a simple copy and paste of the most radical catwalks.
Why did Anne Hathaway refuse extreme thinness in?
After seeing extremely skinny models in Milan, Anne Hathaway asked producers to avoid reproducing these images, associated with the 2000s and the explosion of eating disorders among young people.
What happened at Milan Fashion Week 2025 during filming?
During Milan Fashion Week 2025, actresses attended real shows. Meryl Streep was shocked by the thinness of the models and spoke about it in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar.
How will this decision impact the film’s parade scenes?
Producers promised there would be no scrawny models in the runway scenes. will therefore not seek to promote sick bodies on screen.
