The Devil Wears Prada
(2006)
The main actors in the film, The Devil Wears Prada, are Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt.
I found Meryl to be a impersonator actress in this film because it it based on a true story, and she plays the part so well.
Impersonator: “Considered somewhat demeaning in the acting world, suggesting that the actor has simply copied the manner, dialect, and behavior of a character instead of creating the character” (Goodykoontz&Jacobs, 2014).
Meryl plays the role of Miranda, who is the head editor at the most well-known fashion magazine, Runway. Her character is a very demanding person who wants things done quickly and correctly, and if working for her she will make you multi-task like it is easy when it’s not.
Below is a clip that shows just how demanding the magazine office can be with Miranda in charge, it also shows how Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt’s characters are involved in the film with their different personalities as wildcard actresses.
Wildcard: “An actor who is difficult to classify as one certain type, often because he or she can play a wide variety of characters equally well without becoming typecast” (Jacobs, 2014).
In this movie I find that Anne and Emily have both wildcard traits because they are able to play a fun quirky movie like The Devil Wears Prada, but also change the emotions in the film and other films that they have been assigned to. Anne has grown to more mature roles in the films that she signs on to now, but I think she is still great at that small town girl charm.
Focusing on Meryl Streep, I do think that she belongs in both the impersonator and wildcard categories because of the more realistic films that she plays in. Take the movie Julia&Julia, she played Julia Child in that movie and really made her character come to life and become like Julia Child. This is definitely and example of an impersonator because she is copying the characteristics of the true person Julia was.
(Julia&Julia)
Meryl can be defined as wildcard because she can play other types of roles such as in The Devil Wears Prada, she jumped right into what the stereotypical editor in chief would seem like at a high end fashion magazine.
All actors and actresses have their own category that they fit into, and some more than others because of their skill and their experience. I think this is what makes the movie industry so glamorous, because there are so many different people and you never know what you are going to get.
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