The Devil Wears Prada sequel starts production - but this key character won't return

After years of speculation and some hintsin between, it has finally been confirmed.The Devil Wears Prada will have a second sequel, but a controversial character won’t be returning.

A sequel to The Devil Wears Prada is on its way after almost two decades since its debut. The happy news was shared by 20th Century Studios, who surprised viewers by also saying that production had already begun.

As reported by Entertainment Weekly, the famous cast will consist of Hollywood and returning stars, Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci. Of course, the storyline will be directed by David Frankel and written by Aline Brosh McKenna. However, one face that won’t be reprising his role is Adrian Grenier.

Grenier portrayed Nate Cooper in the 2006 film, Andy Sachs’ (Anna Hathaway) boyfriend from university. At the beginning of the film, both were portrayed as a happy couple with professional careers, Andy as a journalist at Runway magazine under Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) and Nate as a sous chef.

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Throughout the film, his relationship with Andy became tricky as her career took off, creating a few fights as well as a temporary breakup, following her late arrival at his birthday celebration.

Even though the couple ended up reconciling, viewers labelled Nate’s character as the “true villain” for his lack of support. Towards the end of the film, the couple goes their separate ways, as Andy pursues her career in New York, and Nate takes a job in Boston.

Fans expressed their excitement amid the sequel news. Some were happy that Nate's character wouldn’t interfere with Andy’s career, but others were hoping he would make a return.

A fan commented: “The real villain of the film. Jarlsberg was more important to him than Andy.” A second one, added: “Good, and he can take his burnt grilled cheese with him.”

Another viewer wrote on X: “Nate never was the real villain in devil wears prada and if you think he was, you completely missed the point of the story.”

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“Nate Cooper will be missed in ‘THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2’. Adrian Grenier’s character was special in the film, the fun will be incomplete without him!”

During the cast’s 2021 reunion, Grenier spoke about his character being considered the villain of the story. He said: “All those memes that came out were shocking to me. It hadn’t occurred to me until I started to really think about it, and perhaps it was because I was as immature as Nate was at the time and in many ways he’s very selfish and self-involved, it was all about him, he wasn’t extending himself to support Andy in her career.”

“At the end of the day, it’s just a birthday, right? It’s not the end of the world,” he added. The actor explained that he didn’t realise how immature his actions were until he came much older and had “time to reflect and much deliberation.”

The 2006 film was adapted from former Vogue assistant Lauren Weisberger’s book of the same name. She worked for Anna Wintour, Vogue’s former Editor-in-Chief, who recentlystepped down from her position in the iconic magazine after 37 years.

A release date is yet to be announced. However, according to the reports, the movie is expected to be released in 2026.

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