NEED TO KNOW
- Adrian Grenier will reportedly not return for The Devil Wears Prada sequel
- Grenier played Nate Cooper, the boyfriend to Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway)
- The actor previously agreed with fans that his character was “the villain” of the original film
Adrian Grenier will not be serving up grilled cheese in the upcoming sequel to The Devil Wears Prada.
Grenier, 48, played Nate Cooper, the bumbling college boyfriend turned Boston sous-chef to Runway magazine assistant Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway). The Entourage star will not return for the sequel to the hit 2006 film, per Entertainment Weekly, which first reported the news.
PEOPLE has reached out to Grenier’s reps for comment.
The news follows 20th Century Studios’ announcement on Monday, June 30 that production on The Devil Wears Prada 2 has already begun.
Actors Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci, director David Frankel and writer Aline Brosh McKenna are expected to return. Streep earned one of the original film’s two Oscar nominations, with the other going to costume designer Patricia Field. Multiple outlets have reported that Kenneth Branagh is joining the cast.
The 2006 movie was adapted from former Vogue assistant Lauren Weisberger’s book of the same name. Weisberger worked for former Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, who recently stepped down from her position at the magazine after 37 years.
The film sees recent college graduate Andy (Hathaway) thrust into the high-intensity world of fashion, as she juggles her humble past with her bright future working as an assistant to the cold and particular Miranda Priestly (Streep). While Andy is at this crossroads, Nate (Grenier) repeatedly criticizes her changing lifestyle and journalistic aspirations.
He and Andy ultimately end their relationship when she misses his birthday party in favor of work obligations. In retrospect, both fans and Grenier himself have asserted that Nate may be the actual villain of The Devil Wears Prada, and not the titular devil herself.
In a 2021 oral history reunion with the cast and crew, Grenier told Entertainment Weekly that he has come around to realizing his character could be considered the villain.
“All those memes that came out were shocking to me. It hadn’t occurred to me until I started to really think about it, and perhaps it was because I was as immature as Nate was at the time, and in many ways he’s very selfish and self-involved, it was all about him, he wasn’t extending himself to support Andy in her career.”
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He continued, “At the end of the day, it’s just a birthday, right? It’s not the end of the world. I might’ve been as immature as him at the time, so I personally couldn’t see his shortcomings. But after time to reflect and much deliberation, I’ve come to realize the truth in that perspective.”
A release date for the sequel to The Devil Wears Prada has yet to be announced, but multiple outlets reported in May that it is expected to hit theaters on May 1, 2026.
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