When The Devil Wears Prada 2 hits theaters on May 1st, audiences will recognize several celebrity faces. However, there are some notable absences.
The sequel, which premiered in New York on Monday night, is packed with cameos from the fashion and entertainment worlds. Lady Gaga also appeared and recorded the Doechii-assisted song “Runway” for the film’s soundtrack. Donatella Versace, who stepped down as creative director of her family’s brand, filmed scenes in Milan for a cameo appearance. Supermodel Naomi Campbell also made an appearance, sitting next to Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestley at Dolce & Gabbana’s spring 2026 show, filmed live during Milan Fashion Week.
However, not everyone who appeared on the set made it onto the screen.
Entertainment Weekly first reported that Sidney Sweeney’s cameo was cut from the film. The “Euphoria” star filmed a roughly three-minute scene near the beginning of the film in which Emily Blunt’s character, Emily Charlton (who now runs Dior’s U.S. operations), dresses up for an event and plays herself. Sources said the team found the decision to remove the scene difficult because it didn’t work structurally with other sequences. Sweeney has had little trouble getting film roles these days. She recently returned to the project that propelled her to superstardom, starring in HBO’s highly anticipated third season of Euphoria.
Also removed from the finished film was How to Get Away with Murder actor Conrad Ricamora, who had been cast to play Andy’s roommate. Sources say the character did not survive test screenings (audiences continued to wonder why Andy needed a roommate). The final film instead shows her spending time at the home of the main character, played by Tracy Thoms, and sources say the dynamic is more realistic than in the 2006 original.
Meanwhile, the cameo that didn’t materialize was Jessica Chastain. Rumors that the Oscar winner would be appearing in the film spread online in July 2025 after the actress was spotted in New York City during principal photography. However, this gossip turned out to be false, as Chastain didn’t even make a cameo appearance.
When discussing a possible cameo with Variety’s Marc Malkin at Vanity Fair’s Oscar Party in March, Anna Wintour was modest: “You’ll find out.”
Consider that it turns out. Condé Nast’s global head of content visited the sequel’s Milan set, where director David Frankel filmed what she called a “gag take” that will be shown as a bonus feature on the streaming, but Winter got ahead of her and some of the shots were out of focus. “I can’t ask Anna to do a take two,” Frankel said on the “Back Row” podcast. In any case, her contribution behind the camera turned out to be more significant. While watching a scene in the fictional Dior office, Wintour focuses on the flowers in the frame and declares there are too many, too pink, and tells the crew that Dior only has white flowers. The flowers were quickly replaced.
