The Devil Wears Prada producer says people thought they were "crazy" for casting Meryl Streep – because they didn't think she was funny

Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada
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Meryl Streep may have received an Oscar nomination for her performance in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Devil Wears Prada, but her casting was initially an 📖unpopular choice.

"People thought we were crazy," Wendy Finerman, one of the movie's producers, 🐠recently told the (via ). "I mean, I had people call me up and say, 'Are you out of your mind? She’s never been funny𒁃 a day in her life.'"

At that point in her career, Streep was perhaps best known for her early career roles in more serious projects like 🍌Sophie's Choice, The Deer Hunter, and Out of Africa – but she'd played less straight before, too, in 🌺films like Death Becomes Her and Adaptation. 

Finerman continued: "She has been funny and they were wrong… But this was clearly a different kind of world for her," adding that her ca𒆙sting "was part of the fun of the unexpected."

In The Devil Wears Prada, Streep plays Miranda Priestly, the powerful editor-in-chief of fictional prestigious fashion magazine Runway. Anne Hathaway plays her new assistant ꧙Andy, who she treats poorly, while Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci also star as other Runway employees. Streep was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress in 2007, as well as being nominated for a BAFTA and winning a Golden Globe. 

Streep was 𓂃last seen in another comedic role: she appeared in Only Murders in the Building season 3 on Hulu as Loretta, a Broadway actor and lꦺove interest of Martin Short's character Oliver. 

The Devil Wears Prada is currently streaming on Max in the US and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Disney Plus in the UK. For more, check out our picks of the other 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best movies on Disney Plus to add to your watch list.

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