Pauline Chalamet recalls her first reaction to 'Devil Wears Prada 2' casting

French-American actor Pauline Chalamet, who has joined the ensemble cast of the hotly anticipated ‘Devil Wears Prada’ sequel, remembered the moment of disbelief when she first bagged the role.

At the ongoing New York Fashion Week, Pauline Chalamet, the elder sister of Hollywood heartthrob Timothee Chalamet, recalled her immediate reaction to ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ casting, saying, “I blacked out.”

“So I don’t remember. I kind of didn’t believe it until I was given dates,” she continued. “I kind of went, ‘Oh, you pranked me, that’s not really going to happen.’ And then I was given the blueprint for the looks.”

Besides Chalamet, the OG cast members of the comedy drama, including Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt, who reprise their characters of Andy Sachs, Miranda Priestly, Nigel Kipling and Emily Charlton, will be joined by Lucy Liu, Patrick Brammall, Justin Theroux, Tracie Thomas, Tibor Ravitz, Simone Ashley, Rachel Bloom, B.J. Novak, Caleb Hearon, Helen J. Shen, Conrad Ricamora and Kenneth Branagh in the sequel, helmed by David Frankel, which is slated to hit theatres on May 1, 2026.

Further speaking about the ‘iconic’ original feature, which was released back in 2006, Chalamet added, “It’s a perfect movie. And I really mean that, it is a perfect movie. It’s so fun.”

When asked to describe herself as a character, ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ actor confessed she is a ‘100 per cent an Andy [Sachs, Hathaway’s character], with dreams of being a Miranda [Priestly, Streep’s character]’. “I can’t even pretend I’m not,” she concluded.