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 Anne Hathaway
Interview By: Andrea Tuccillo
Anne Hathaway possesses big glistening brown eyes and a toothy girl-next-door smile bright enough to rival Julia Roberts’. She’s a breath of fresh air in the ever-expanding crop of young starlets. Hathaway proves to be incredibly articulate, poised and funny—she mentions more than a few times that laughing seems to make life a whole lot better. Hathaway definitely has lots to smile about these days. After scoring a critically acclaimed adult role in last year’s Brokeback Mountain playing sassy rodeo queen turned embittered businesswoman, Lureen, Hathaway is proving she’s more than the teen-princess roles that have defined her thus far in films like The Princess Diaries. This month’s The Devil Wears Prada, based on the best-selling book by Lauren Weisberger, pits her against Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep as the devilishly demanding fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly. Hathaway plays Andrea Sachs, an aspiring journalist who takes a job as Miranda’s assistant and must put up with her boss’ ice-cold demeanor and ridiculous orders. Andrea does reap the benefits of the job’s perks, however, as the fashion-disaster morphs into a bonafide fashionista by film’s end. Hathaway may have channeled a bit of past experiences into her character. Dealing with a demanding boss was a problem for Hathaway when she was employed as a babysitter prior to her acting career—but at that time, her boss was three years old. “I wasn’t her regular babysitter so I didn’t know what she liked and she didn’t want any of my suggestions but she wouldn’t tell me what she wanted,” explains Hathaway. “She was kind of like Miranda Priestly in that way.” The intimidating experience of working with Streep might have also helped in Hathaway’s portrayal of the timid Andy. Especially since Streep stated fairly isolated throughout the shoot so as not to loose the mindset of her character. “Everyday we had a roundup of ‘how I embarrassed myself in front of Meryl today,’” Hathaway jokes. “It’s not that she’s method and would make me get her coffee or things like that,” she says. “It’s just that she’s an incredibly disciplined and focused actress so she always made sure that the character came first before fun.” Although some may claim that Miranda Priestly was based on Vogue’s infamous editor Anna Wintour, the movie is not meant to belittle the fashion industry or poke fun in any way. “I think the film is asking us not to smirk at this industry,” Hathaway explains. “I think it’s asking us to see it for what it is. It’s not asking us to love it, it’s not asking us to worship it. It’s asking us to just kind of have an insider’s glimpse at it.” Adds Hathway, “We weren’t looking to make a parody of anything. We don’t have anything against the fashion industry but if we’re going to make a movie about it we wanted it to be as truthful as possible and as believable as possible.” In the movie, Andrea ... |
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