Meryl Streep's Negotiation Tactic Paid Off

0:00It's April 30th. Welcome in. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News, where pop culture meets AI, Encore with the story. Meryl Streep just spilled how she turned down the iconic role of Miranda Priestly in the original Devil Wears Prada to double her paycheck and it. Worked like a charm. At 56 back then, she read the killer script, got the offer, said no, then asked for twice as much and the producer said yes right away. That move paid off huge with the movie pulling in 326 million dollars worldwide on a budget of just 35 to 41 million. She told the today show she knew it had smashed because they needed her star power and she was ready to walk if they didn't bite. Streep, now 76, laughed about finally learning to negotiate hard after decades in the game, especially since she was thinking retirement at that age. As for to the sequel, Devil Wears Prada 2, dropping May 1st in the US and UK, April 30th

1:00in China. It's already catching heat from. Critics for lacking the original spark, plus backlash over an Asian intern character named Jin Xiao, slammed for racist stereotypes like her name, sounding offensive and nerdy cliches, and half away, 43, shut down rumors she got background models fired for being too thin, calling it blown out of proportion on good morning. America, no one lost jobs over size inclusivity, she said, though Streep praised her for stepping up to producers back on the first film about those. Alarmingly skinny runway looks. Filming the sequel was chaos too, with fans warming sets, needing police barriers and paparazzi jumping shots. Streep admitted it rattled her, but. Half away stayed cool. As the buzz builds amid the drama, this fashion empire reboot keeps everyone talking.