Stanley Tucci 'Would Be So Happy' to RepriseDevil Wears PradaRole in Sequel: 'I Know They're Working On It'

Mar. 15, 2025

Stanley Tucci in 2024 (left) and as Nigel in the 2006 comedy ‘The Devil Wears Prada.'.Photo:Kate Green/Getty; 20th Century Fox/Alamy

Kate Green/Getty; 20th Century Fox/Alamy

Gird your loins!Stanley Tuccicould be back on screen as fashionista Nigel Kipling in a sequel toThe Devil Wears Prada.In anew interview withVariety, Tucci, 64, was asked to give an update on the rumored follow-up to the hit 2006 comedy set at fictional fashion magazineRunway.“I know they’re working on it,” he told the outlet. “If it happens, I would be so happy, but I cannot give you any information. Otherwise, I’ll go to the actor’s prison or something.”He added that making the original movie, which was based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel “was one of the best experiences ever.”Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci in ‘The Devil Wears Prada.'.AlamyThe comedy starredMeryl Streepas demandingRunwayeditor Miranda Priestly,Emily Bluntas Priestly’s main assistant, andAnne Hathawayas the hapless second assistant who gets a Cinderella makeover courtesy of Nigel.Talk of a sequel has ticked up in recent months. In December, at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,Blunt said there were “rumblings” of another movie, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.Stanley Tucci on Oct. 10, 2024.Mike Marsland/WireImage“There is stuff churning around. But I don’t know if I can confirm anything. But we would all be delighted,” she continued.Tucci also spoke with PEOPLE in October about potentially reuniting with Streep and his former costars.“I think we would have one of the best times ever,” said Tucci, who was in the dark about what the story would consist of.“I don’t really know. I haven’t [heard] about the plot or anything. I really haven’t,” he said.Anne Hathaway and Stanley Tucci in ‘The Devil Wears Prada.'.Barry Wetcher/20th Century Fox/Kobal/ShutterstockThough Tucci had a wonderful time on the original movie — which earned more than $300 million worldwide — he recently toldVanity Fairhestruggled to find work afterwards.“AfterThe Devil Wears Prada, I couldn’t get a job, and I didn’t quite understand that, but that’s just the way it was. So I went and did stuff that I didn’t necessarily want to do, but I did it,” theConclavestar said.

Gird your loins!Stanley Tuccicould be back on screen as fashionista Nigel Kipling in a sequel toThe Devil Wears Prada.

In anew interview withVariety, Tucci, 64, was asked to give an update on the rumored follow-up to the hit 2006 comedy set at fictional fashion magazineRunway.

“I know they’re working on it,” he told the outlet. “If it happens, I would be so happy, but I cannot give you any information. Otherwise, I’ll go to the actor’s prison or something.”

He added that making the original movie, which was based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel “was one of the best experiences ever.”

Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci in ‘The Devil Wears Prada.'.Alamy

Alamy

The comedy starredMeryl Streepas demandingRunwayeditor Miranda Priestly,Emily Bluntas Priestly’s main assistant, andAnne Hathawayas the hapless second assistant who gets a Cinderella makeover courtesy of Nigel.

Talk of a sequel has ticked up in recent months. In December, at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,Blunt said there were “rumblings” of another movie, according toThe Hollywood Reporter.

Stanley Tucci on Oct. 10, 2024.Mike Marsland/WireImage

Mike Marsland/WireImage

“There is stuff churning around. But I don’t know if I can confirm anything. But we would all be delighted,” she continued.

Tucci also spoke with PEOPLE in October about potentially reuniting with Streep and his former costars.

“I think we would have one of the best times ever,” said Tucci, who was in the dark about what the story would consist of.

“I don’t really know. I haven’t [heard] about the plot or anything. I really haven’t,” he said.

Anne Hathaway and Stanley Tucci in ‘The Devil Wears Prada.'.Barry Wetcher/20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock

Barry Wetcher/20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock

Though Tucci had a wonderful time on the original movie — which earned more than $300 million worldwide — he recently toldVanity Fairhestruggled to find work afterwards.

“AfterThe Devil Wears Prada, I couldn’t get a job, and I didn’t quite understand that, but that’s just the way it was. So I went and did stuff that I didn’t necessarily want to do, but I did it,” theConclavestar said.

source: people.com