Lucy Liu Spills What It Was Really Like Filming The Devil Wears Prada 2

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is actually happening, and Lucy Liu is in the mix. She just talked about shooting it and sounded genuinely into the whole thing. We still know almost nothing about her character, but the big picture on the sequel is starting to take shape.

Lucy Liu on jumping into Prada-world

Liu spoke to People during Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women's Filmmaker Program and said working on the sequel delivered exactly the kind of fun you want from a project like this. She was especially into the fashion angle and the fact that the movie sits right at the intersection of pop, style, and, occasionally, sharp elbows.

"Fashion can be so many things - it can be political, and it can be whimsical."

She also said she had a great time on set and liked being part of something people are already excited about. Translation: vibes were good.

The essentials

• Returning cast: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci
• New additions: Lucy Liu, Kenneth Branagh, Justin Theroux
• Director: David Frankel is back, same as the 2006 original
• Source material: Loosely adapting Lauren Weisberger's second book, 'Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns'
• Plot setup (via Variety): Miranda Priestly is navigating a media landscape where old-school magazines are struggling, and she winds up squaring off against Emily Charlton (Blunt), now a power player at a luxury conglomerate that controls the ad dollars Miranda needs
• Release date: In theaters May 1, 2026 — exactly 20 years after the first movie

So... who is Liu playing?

They're keeping that under wraps for now. Given the setup, it wouldn't be shocking if she's in the orbit of fashion, luxury, or media money — but no one's saying yet.

A tiny bit of inside baseball

Using Weisberger's sequel as a springboard makes sense, but the movie isn't a one-to-one copy of the book. The reported angle leans into the very real decline of glossy mags and the power shift to luxury advertisers — which is a smart, 2026-friendly way to bring Miranda and Emily back into each other's lives without just repeating old beats.

Bottom line: the original team is largely back, the premise has teeth, and Liu sounds like she had a good time. Now we wait to see who she's playing — and how sharp those verbal stilettos are this time around.