There was one way we'd agreed to do Devil Wears Prada 2, says Meryl Streep

There was one way we'd agreed to do Devil Wears Prada 2, says Meryl StreepJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAnnabel RackhamCulture reporterWalt Disney StudiosMeryl Streep returns to her role as Miranda Priestly, the intimidating Runway Magazine editor-in-chief who is said to be modelled on Vogue's Anna WintourWhen a Devil Wears Prada sequel was announced, 20 years after the release of the original, the one question on many people's lips was "why?".For Meryl Streep, who plays the Anna Wintour-inspired Miranda Priestly, editor-in-chief of Runway Magazine, there was a key condition for taking part."There was one way that we would sign on to do a sequel," she tells BBC News. "If it spoke to the moment." Indeed, the film mirrors real-life developments in the world of journalism - staffing cuts, dwindling print numbers and digital domination."Everything has to have its own necessity for being - even the frothiest sort of fun movie," Streep says.Co-star Stanley Tucci adds the film is "dealing with the issues of today - the loss of control that journalists have because of social media and AI".Walt Disney StudiosStanley Tucci returns as Nigel Kipling, creative director at Runway, and Anne Hathaway returns as Andy Sachs, who has a new job at the magazine'Enjoy the nostalgia'It was always going to be difficult trying to replicate the success of the original 2006 film, which is still regularly quoted in popular culture and has recently become a West End musical.But rather than replicating the original, is the new film more a reflection of changing times?"One of the things I think the film does really well is show you have to participate in the world you want to live," fellow lead actor Anne Hathaway says."I hope people realise the fate of journalism really rests on them and if you believe in it, you believe it's important - I personally do."Three-time Oscar winner Streep...