Meryl Streep Recalls ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Being Dubbed A “Chick Flick” Meant They “Had To Scrabble For Our Budget”

Deadline · 2026-04-03
Meryl Streep Recalls ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Being Dubbed A “Chick Flick” Meant They “Had To Scrabble For Our Budget”

Although Miranda Priestley earned 20th Century Fox more than $326 million worldwide, The Devil Wears Prada had to fight for its budget. Meryl Streep recently recalled how the 2006 movie’s classification as a “chick flick” made it difficult to pull together a budget for the David Fr