Anna Wintour  jokes that she would want Meryl Streep to play her in a musical about her life

Anna Wintour poked fun at herself as she gave a nod to the iconic movie that slams her icy personality, The Devil Wears Prada. 

Wintour, 73, sat down with the magazine to answer another set of 73 questions eight years later and has spilled everything from fashion, the future and even gave a nod to which star would play her in a musical. 

Wintour took a moment to dig at the hit film when she admitted she’d want Meryl Streep to portray her in a Broadway musical.

‘Meryl Streep,’ she responded without even a moment of hesitation with a slight smirk.  

Wintour’s response came as no surprise as the Oscar-winning actress has already portrayed the powerful fashion editor once in the hit 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada. 

The fashion editor revealed everything from family, future and even gave a nod as to who’d play her in a musical about her life

Wintour revealed she’d want Meryl Streep to portray her, as the Oscar-winning actress has already played the powerful editor in the film The Devil Wears Prada

The movie was first a novel and was written by Lauren Weisberger, Wintour’s former intern, who defined her time there as ‘crazy.’ 

Although she was there for less than a year, her time at Vogue would go onto inspire the story for The Devil Wears Prada – with Wintour serving as inspiration for the boss of the fictional magazine, Miranda Priestly. 

Speaking to Jenna Bush Hager on the Today show in 2021, Weisberger spoke about her former role at Vogue and called it a ‘crazy entrance into the working world of New York City.’

‘It was a crazy, crazy, crazy entrance into the working world of New York City and it was wild. Wild.’

The best-selling novel captured Wintour’s scathing attitude, while detailing Weisberger’s time at the fashion bible. 

Weisberger revealed she spent her days at the office ‘faxing, filing, getting coffee, and basically keeping Anna’s life running as smoothly as possible.’ 

She even detailed the unwritten rules at the office, including that no staffers are allowed to enter an elevator with Wintour and revealed she’d never committed that faux pas.

She even mentioned how the job took a toll on her self-confidence, adding that she felt ‘short and fat’ at Vogue. 

Weisberger gave a nod to to the film and movie and revealed that unlike Andy she ‘never got to raid the closet’ because she ‘never had time.’ 

‘And unlike Andy I couldn’t force myself to wear high heels. It was expected of me, but I ran all day, all over the office, up and down the building 1,000 times and to Starbucks six times a day, so there was no way I could manage even a two-inch heel.

She also fielded questions about fashion, her grandchildren – who she says call her ‘Anna’ – and new experiences

 Wintour even took a call from Anne Hathaway who played the fashion editor’s assistant in the movie and asked what advice she had for someone ‘intimidated’ by fashion 

 Tennis player Coco Gauff and Gigi Hadid also made a cameo in the interview and asked the editor about her love for tennis and the runway 

‘I wore these horrible, black platform boots with a thick rubber sole because there was no choice,’ she went on. ‘And even though for a couple of weeks I made the boot-to-high-heels switch under my desk, I just had to forget it in the end.’

She revealed that Wintour was disgusted by her shoes and her sense of style. 

And despite the film going on to become of one the most iconic films, the former intern, who was thrusted into the spotlight, revealed she would’ve never penned the book had she known she would receive hate from Wintour supporters. 

‘Had I known about all the fuss that would ensue, I would have been paralyzed. But people attributed things to the book that I hadn’t intended.’

For years, Wintour kept silent on her reaction to the film, but offered a brief comment in the Vogue documentary The First Monday In May. When asked whether she felt betrayed, she said, ‘I feel grateful.’

Weisberger has said she is ‘not entirely convinced by her remarks though, let’s put it that way.’

And when the novel was transformed into one of the most fashion-focused films, many designers feared getting involved because they didn’t want to face the wrath of Wintour. 

The Devil Wears Prada features clothes and accessories from the likes of Chanel, Zac Posen and Prada, but the extravagant fashion featured in the film didn’t come so easy. 

Fashion insiders were hesitant to get involved over fears of angering Wintour.  

‘There were [initially] no designers of note who would appear in the film,’ director David Frankel told Entertainment Weekly during the cast’s reunion. They just didn’t want to incur the wrath of Anna.’

Despite the exposure of Wintour’s icy attitude, Wintour seemed to have no problem toying around with the movie in her interview.  

In the interview, Wintour admitted she misses the fashion world a decade ago because it had a ‘degree of calm’

Despite the exposure of Wintour’s icy attitude in The Devil Wears Prada, Wintour seemed to have no problem toying around with the movie in her interview

Although she fired many shots at The Devil Wears Prada during the interview, she closed out the questions by encouraging viewers to tune into Vogue World

She even took a question from Anne Hathaway, 39, who played Andy, Streep’s co-assistant and who asked what advice the editor would give someone who is ‘intimidated’ by fashion.  

‘There’s room for everyone in fashion,’ Wintour responded 

Besides making digs towards the film, Wintour also described the past eight years of her life as ‘unpredictable’ and revealed a new experience she loved. 

‘A group friends-and-family chat, which was over our vacation, and highly, highly entertaining,’ she said. 

When she was asked about movies, Wintour admitted that she usually opts for a rom-com or drama. 

The Vogue editor also opened about her grandchildren, who affectionately refer to her as ‘Anna’ and who she’s been facetiming with often. 

She’s a grandmother to two nieces, Ella Rose and Caroline Rose from her son Charles Shaffer and a has welcomed her nephew Oliver from her daughter Bee Shaffer. 

Wintour fielded questions about what her most cherished qualities in friends are, including ‘loyalty, honesty and a sense of humor.’ 

She also discussed why she left England in 1976, explaining that it felt ‘too familiar,’ but added that she missed her family. 

Wintour then took a question from filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, 59, who asked her which movie she thought had the best wardrobe. 

‘Well, Baz, that’s really difficult to choose between Moulin Rouge! and Elvis’, she said when asked by  the ‘Elvis’ director. ‘But I have to go with Elvis.’

The female editor also answered a question from model Gigi Hadid, 27, who asked her about what faces we would see on the runway, to which Wintour said we’d have to tune in to find out. 

Wintour, who’s known for being a super fan of tennis also received a question from pro player Coco Gauff, 18, who asked her if she preferred the US Open or Wimbledon and Wintour revealed she’d ‘never miss either.’ 

Wintour closed out the interview by admitting she misses the fashion world a decade ago because it had a ‘degree of calm’ and encouraged viewers to tune into Vogue World, which premieres September 12.