Streep Looks Delish in Devil Wears Prada Trailer
Filed under: Comedy, Casting, 20th Century Fox, Movie Marketing
Okay, I admit it. Now that I've seen the trailer for The Devil Wears Prada, I actually kinda want to see it. Meryl Streep, with short, smartly styled silver hair, delivers her lines in the trailer with an icy-cold softness that says, "I'll rip you to shreds with my manicured nails and eat you raw for lunch if you piss me off." And casting sweet-and-innocent-looking Anne Hathaway (The Princess Diaries) opposite Streep as the recent college grad from the Midwest who goes to work for the biggest bitch in the fashion biz, could end up being genius. The trailer looks smart, sharp and funny (of course, it's always possible that the rest of the movie doesn't live up to it, but a girl can hope), and now I'm actually interested to see the film. I mean, it's Meryl Streep! That gives it some potential, right?
Streep, who had slowed down a little over the past couple years, is suddenly churning out work like a woman on a mission. She has no fewer than eight projects in the works at the moment, from voicing the Queen Ant in the upcoming animated flick The Ant Bully, to the beleagured Jodie Foster-helmed circus-freak flick, Flora Plum (currently listed on IMDb as costarring Ewan McGregor), to Conquistadora, with dream cast William H. Macy, Patricia Clarkson, and Chris Cooper, to First Man, in which she will play a presidential candidate whose businessman husband (Robert DeNiro) quits his job to run his wife's campaign. That's a whole lotta Streep coming up. I hope this signals the start of a revival for her, because she is one of my fave actresses, and I will see just about anything she's in.
(Editor's note: As reader Seth so politely pointed out, "smartly styled" does not require a hyphen because 'smartly' is an adverb. I corrected my error, so now my own J-school grammar-police professor can stop spinning in his grave.)
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5-20-2006 @ 4:58PM
Seth Davis said...
After slogging through J-School, taking countless editing exams, it's just in may nature to point this out: smartly styled does not get hypenated because compound modifiers ending in "ly" or very do not warrant it. Please take no offense.
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5-20-2006 @ 5:44PM
Sameer said...
Kuri
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5-20-2006 @ 5:53PM
Vicki Herndon said...
It is also my nature to comment on or point out such goofs. My children hate it. I am especially annoyed and surprised by the number of grammatical errors that appear in novels written by seasoned authors. Are the editors responsible? I really don't know how that works. I think our spoken and written language have both taken a hard hit within the last fifteen years. In some cases, I think there is no going back.
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5-22-2006 @ 12:37AM
Nick said...
Kim,
I liked your article. But you say that Meryl Streep has slowed down the last few years. Remember that she was in: both ADAPTATION and THE HOURS in 2002, (nominated for an Oscar in the first of the two); ANGELS IN AMERICA in 2003 (in which she won a Golden Globe and an Emmy); THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE in 2004 (nominated for a Golden Globe); LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS also in 2004; and PRIME in 2005. Where did she slow down?
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5-22-2006 @ 12:54AM
Kim Voynar said...
Nick,
Streep has steadily worked over the past few years, yes; historically, she's averaged 2-3 projects a year. She took 2000 off, did only a voice job for AI: Artificial Intelligence in 2001; as you noted, she then started bouncing back starting with both Adaptation and The Hours in 2002.
I suppose that really, it would have been more appropriate to say that recently, her workload has increased relative to what it's been throughout her career. Suddenly she has seven projects in 2006, with another three lined up already for 2007. I'm personally thrilled to see Streep taking on all these roles. She's one of my favorite actresses, and I hope this signals the start of a new era in her already fantastic career.
You know what I really want to see? I want to see Streep work with Woody Allen again -- he's also having a kind of career renaissance of late, and they haven't worked together since Manhattan in 1979. And I'd love to see Allen toss Aussie actress Abbie Cornish in the mix, too.
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6-18-2006 @ 5:10AM
Alan Green said...
seth - disagree. "smartly-styled" is a natural hyphenate. "doubly-stupid", though, is not. "hotly-contested" just looks dumb. while most compound modifiers may not warrant a hyphen, you have to play it by ear. rules in text books are not always right, or at least, have to be modified at times.
vicki - totally agree. the written language is taking very hard hits, especially in the last 15 years. it's going to keep getting worse. instant messaging is ruining the language. we're in a 'point and click' decline
kim - yes, tdwp looks pretty good. ginia bellafante has a nice piece about it at the new york times. meryl streep completely inhabits the bitch exec character.
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