Vanessa Williams on enjoying Meryl Streep’s ‘Devil Wears Prada’ in musical
Vanessa Williams is the brand new Miranda Priestly.
The actress was by no means going to be a replica of Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly—she was going to be her personal Miranda Priestly.
Now starring within the West Finish’s The Satan Wears Prada musical, the 62-year-old actress is totally embracing the long-lasting function, making it clear that comparisons to Meryl Streep’s model had been by no means a priority.
“I’ve heard this question over and over again, and I knew that I was going to make it my own … that’s been the feedback from everyone who’s seen it,” she shared in a latest dialog with HuffPost UK.
“After they sit down in their seat, they say, ‘I completely forgot who was playing it before and I love the journey that you took me on.’”
“And that’s what you have to do as an actor,” Williams added.
The Determined Housewives alum brings her personal model of energy and poise to Miranda within the musical, which options music by Elton John and lyrics by Shaina Taub and Mark Sonnenblick.
The stage adaptation initially debuted in Chicago in 2022, with Tony winner Beth Leavel taking over the function of the formidable Runway editor-in-chief.
Williams stepped into Miranda’s designer heels in 2024 when the present made its approach to the U.Ok., first opening in Plymouth earlier than making a grand entrance at London’s Dominion Theatre.
After all, The Satan Wears Prada has lengthy been a fan favourite, first as Lauren Weisberger’s best-selling novel and later because the 2006 movie that cemented Miranda as one of popular culture’s most memorable (and terrifyingly fashionable) bosses.
Now, Williams will get to place her personal spin on the character, starring reverse Georgie Buckland as Andy Sachs, a younger aspiring journalist who rapidly learns that working for Miranda isn’t any bizarre job.
And if anybody thought Williams wasn’t going to convey her personal aptitude to the function, she made her stance clear when she first landed the half.
“Bringing Miranda Priestly to life in the West End is an absolute dream come true,” she beforehand said, per Selection. “Gird your loins, folks.”
One factor’s for certain, this Miranda is commanding the stage, and she or he’s doing it in type.
