Dwayne Johnson might have dominated his position in a gritty MMA drama, however behind the scenes, he was taking pictures his shot at one thing way more excessive trend.
While filming The Smashing Machine with Emily Blunt, Johnson revealed he pitched himself for a job within the upcoming sequel, The Devil Wears Prada 2. During an look on Entertainment Weekly’s Awardist podcastJohnson stated he floated the thought on to Blunt between scenes.
“I pitched myself. I told her while she was shooting,” he recalled. Blunt shortly added, “He tried.”
Blunt additionally joked that if Johnson did be part of the forged, he’d naturally play somebody “who knows fashion” and “is cool,” throwing in that he’d need to be “great at walking in heels.” Johnson fired again together with his personal punchline, “Size 15 heels.”
The dialog comes as anticipation builds for the follow-up to the 2006 fashion-world traditional starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Blunt. The long-awaited sequel, set for launch on May 1, 2026, brings again a lot of the unique forged, together with Stanley Tucci, Tracie Thoms, and Tibor Feldman, with David Frankel returning to direct.
The sequel additionally incorporates a stacked roster of recent faces, together with Kenneth Branagh, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, and Simone Ashley. Lady Gaga was additionally not too long ago confirmed to have a small position within the movie.
Despite plot particulars remaining tightly guarded, Blunt praised the script by returning screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, however refused to share something in regards to the story and even the place her character Emily Charlton stands after the occasions of the primary movie.
Johnson, nevertheless, was extra open in regards to the frenzy surrounding manufacturing, recounting how Blunt despatched him movies of large crowds gathering across the New York City set and saying “It was wild. Like, pop star level sighting.”