Anne Hathaway’s comments about Andy Sachs in Devil Wears Prada 2 don’t sound dramatic. But they quietly change how this sequel looks.
In a recent interview, Hathaway was very clear about her relationship with the character. “I don’t really have that relationship with my characters,” she said. And then went further, explaining she doesn’t revisit them or imagine their lives after filming.
That is a very specific way to approach a role that’s now being revived after 20 years.
The original Devil Wears Prada worked because Andy had a defined arc. She struggled, adapted, and then chose to walk away. That ending felt complete. So bringing her back now depends on one thing. It has to feel like the same person, just older.
But Hathaway’s process suggests she isn’t carrying that version of Andy forward.
She even says she wouldn’t try to imagine Andy independently. “I’d have to imagine her within the context… I’m not the writer,” she explains. That puts the responsibility entirely on the script to rebuild the character from the outside.
And that is where the risk shows up.
If Andy isn’t coming from a strong internal continuity, the sequel has to recreate her voice, her instincts, and her perspective from scratch. That’s harder than it sounds. Audiences remember this character very clearly. Small inconsistencies will stand out.
At the same time, Meryl Streep seems to be approaching Miranda very differently.
She describes Miranda as largely unchanged at her core, but shaped by time and a collapsing industry. “Her core demeanor… her expectations… she’s that same person,” Streep says, before adding that the “edges have been rounded a little bit” by changes in media and uncertainty around journalism.
That gives Miranda a stable foundation.
Andy, at least based on this interview, feels less anchored.
That imbalance matters more than it seems. The original film worked because of the tension between those two characters. If one feels like a continuation and the other feels reconstructed, the dynamic shifts.
There’s also something else in the tone of the interview. Hathaway talks about the experience of returning more than the character itself. She focuses on the moment, the work, the set. Not the long-term identity of Andy Sachs.
That’s a valid acting approach. But for a sequel built on memory and continuity, it creates a gap.
This film doesn’t just need chemistry or nostalgia. It needs emotional consistency. It needs the audience to believe Andy has lived a full life between films.
Right now, that belief is doing more work than the material we’ve heard.
And that puts a lot of pressure on Devil Wears Prada 2 to get one thing exactly right.
Andy has to feel like she never left.`