Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci react to their characters' major twists in “Devil Wears Prada 2”
Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci react to their characters' major twists in “Devil Wears Prada 2”
Joey NolfiSat, May 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTC
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Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci in 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'Credit: Macall Polay/20th Century Studios (2)Key Points -
Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt react to big twists involving Nigel and Emily in The Devil Wears Prada 2.
The actors and real-life family members tell EW how they feel about big sequel shifts for their characters.
"She needed to be taken down a peg or two," Blunt says of her snooty character.
This article contains spoilers for The Devil Wears Prada 2.
You probably won't catch Emily Blunt's character in The Devil Wears Prada 2 at a hideous skirt convention, but her behavior in the highly anticipated sequel is ghastly all on its own.
In a joint interview with Entertainment Weekly, Blunt and fellow returning star Stanley Tucci react to Emily ultimately blindsiding Andy (Anne Hathaway) and Miranda (Meryl Streep) — while Nigel (Tucci) balances things out in a moving twist that virtually knocked Blunt right off her heels.
"I think Emily is someone willing to claw over someone's back to steal anything," Blunt says of her character, who secretly plots to have her billionaire boyfriend, Benji (Justin Theroux), buy Runway to oust Miranda and install herself as its new leader.
Emily Blunt returns as Emily Charlton in 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'Credit: 20th Century Studios
Blunt says Emily is "on a quest for success at her own undoing." The fan-favorite character is reintroduced 20 years after her departure from Runway, having climbed the couture ladder to become the head of Dior's United States division.
"I think she's always been someone who defines herself by her job, which is a slippery slope. I love her. I have to love her, playing her. I see her more as desperate than cruel," Blunt explains. "You kind of want to see Emily get her comeuppance, but what I appreciated about the film is it does deal with resolution, forgiveness, and some tentative step forward, that they all might've learned something along the way. She needed to be taken down a peg or two."
Blunt's words recall a scene that, after the dust settles from Andy and Miranda's scheme to buy Runway out from under Emily, sees her sit for an afternoon lunch with Andy, where they begin an earnest friendship for the first time in two decades.
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And then there's Nigel, who, since the events of the first film, has long harbored a soft spot for Andy. His feelings are even more apparent in the sequel, in which Elias Clarke Publications' head, Irv Ravitz (Tibor Feldman), hires Andy — now a renowned journalist — to return to boost her former workplace's credibility in the media.
In the film's last scene, however, it's revealed that Nigel actually orchestrated Andy's return: "Forever my girl," he says, cradling her just before the movie ends.
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"That line might be one of my favorites," Blunt admits, telling her brother-in-law (Tucci married Blunt's sister, Felicity, in 2012) that the line gave her "goosies" on set.
"I think he's been aware of what she's been doing for the past 20 years, making significant inroads to the world of journalism — but real journalism. He knows very well that Runway is on quicksand, and it needs help," Tucci explains of Nigel's actions. "He always loved and admired her, and it just made sense. It's a bold move, but I love the way it's addressed in the script. I think it's beautifully done, and it's so simple. You don't expect it at all."
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is now playing in theaters nationwide.
on Entertainment Weekly
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