Star Who Was Snubbed From ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Sequel Finds Way To Cope

I saw The Devil Wears Prada for the first time a little over a year ago, and I thought it was fine. It was fun to see a snapshot of NYC from the time I moved there, but the movie itself just kinda gnawed at me a bit. Everyone in it is good. There’s some funny stuff, but for one, I’m not a person who has ever cared about fashion, so none of that was very effective for me. Secondly, about three-fourths of the way through the film, it expects me to feel bad for Meryl Streep’s character, something I just could not be bothered to do.

I’ve worked for four different companies in which I have reported directly to the owner, and Pajiba is the only one in which said owner was not a massive prick. Every other time, I’ve dealt with overly demanding, childish, whiny people who would regularly ask me to do things that were illegal or, at best, morally flawed. Every time Miranda Priestly was a jerk, it made me grimace, and when we see her showing a moment of human emotion, I could not be bothered to feel bad for her.

Still, she was not my least-favorite character in the film. She is still played by Meryl Streep, after all, and it’s not her fault that the script called for her to be a monster (or attempts to make you feel bad for that monster). The honor of least favorite character goes to Nate, played by Adrian Grenier. Nate is the boyfriend of Andy, played by Anne Hathaway, and he sucks. She’s getting beaten down at work, and he gets mad that she’s trying to excel, framing it as her becoming the people she’s never liked.

I’m not saying Andy doesn’t change, but she basically becomes more confident, and to my recollection, that’s just too much for that line cook, and he breaks up with her. They promise to keep in touch at the end of the film, but now, a sequel is on the way, and Adrian Grenier was not asked back. It makes sense. There is zero reason to ask him back. We want to see Andy in the next phase of her life (which returns her to an earlier, similar phase in her life…), and she doesn’t need Nate for that.

Still, Grenier won’t be stuck on the sidelines. He’s still involved in promoting the film, kind of. He recently appeared in a Starbucks ad to promote the film, and directly references the fact that he was not asked back. It’s actually pretty funny, as Grenier appears to be addressing the audience, only for the ad to reveal that he is pleading his case to a Starbucks employee who just wants to give him his drink. It’s a great way to play with him, not being asked to return. Does Nate deserve that much? Debatable.