Meryl Streep's Negotiation Secret

0:00It's April 30th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI, your daily dose of celebrity buzz. Meryl Streep just dropped a gem about landing her iconic role in the first Devil Wears Prada back in 2006. While promoting the sequel, the 76-year-old Oscar winner revealed she straight up doubled her salary-ask during negotiations. She was ready to hang it up in retire, but since the fashion comedy would crush it at the box office. After this week on the Today Show, chatting with co-stars Ann Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci, Streep spilled how producers first called. With an offer, and she shitted down cold, what she flipped the script, bummed her demand, and they said yes without hesitation. It was a lie-bulb moment for her, at around 50 or 60, realizing her value when they truly needed her star power. Back then, the original flick scraped by on a tight budget because studio bosses dismissed it as just a chick flick centered on women.

1:01Everyone was shocked when it blew up, proving audience's crave those stories. Streep even joked on late show with Stephen Colbert that the cast had to hustle for every dollar. Fast forward to Devil Wears Prada too, and things are lavish now. Streep quipped, they finally spent the real money this time around, no more penny-pinching. She's back as the cut-throat editor Miranda Priestley, owning the screen once more. And negotiation savvy from nearly 20 years ago paid off big, showing even legends keep leveling up. Kesta's sequel in theaters this Friday, and see the payoff.