Meryl Streep Was 'So Depressed' Filming 'The Devil Wears Prada'

Meryl Streep was not into being mean full-time.

The 71-year-old actress revealed that she focused on committing to her character on- and off-camera in The Devil Wears Prada in a 15th anniversary retrospective interview for EW with cast and crew from the 2006 hit film.

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“Meryl is so gregarious and fun as hell, in some ways it wasn’t the most fun for her having to remove herself. It wasn’t like she was unapproachable; You could go up to her and say, ‘Oh my God, the funniest thing just happened,’ and she’d listen, but I don’t know if it was the most fun for her to be on set being that way,” Emily Blunt said.

“It was horrible! I was [miserable] in my trailer. I could hear them all rocking and laughing. I was so depressed! I said, ‘Well, it’s the price you pay for being boss!
That’s the last time I ever attempted a Method thing!’” Meryl remarked.

“I did feel intimidated, but I always felt cared for. I knew that whatever she was doing to create that fear, I appreciated [because] I also knew she was watching out for me. There’s this scene where [she says], ‘You’re just as disappointing as the rest of those silly girls.’ I remember when the camera turned on me, the pressure really got to me, and I’d had such emotional fluidity in the day up to that point, but it just wasn’t there anymore. I remember having the experience of watching [her] watch me, and [she] altered [her] performance ever so slightly, and just made it a little bit different, and brought more out of me and got me to break through whatever barrier I had,” Anne Hathaway revealed.

It was also revealed that one actress turned down a role in the movie three times!