The actress was not the director's first choice to play Andy Sachs in the celebrated film.

Can you imagine the iconic film <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/baker-boy-cap-trend-2021-gigi-hadid" target="_blank">The Devil Wears Prada</a>&nbsp;without <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/beauty/anne-hathaway-locked-down-premiere-at-home-versace" target="_blank">Anne Hathaway</a>? Even though her role as Andy Sachs&nbsp;is one of her&nbsp;most well-known performances, and&nbsp;a true favorite&nbsp;for fashion lovers, things were almost&nbsp;quite different. In&nbsp;a recent special appearance on the reality show <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/best-drag-queen-fashion-of-all-time-rupauls-drag-race" target="_blank">RuPaul&#39;s Drag Race</a>, Hathaway was talking to the contestants. When she was asked which of her roles she has to fight the hardest for, the actress had a shocking&nbsp;response

&nbsp;&quot;How long do you have?&quot; she joked.&nbsp;&quot;I was the ninth choice for The Devil Wears Prada.&quot; The reaction, of course, was of great surprise to all the contestants&nbsp;because it&#39;s hard to imagine anyone else in her iconic role. She continued,&nbsp;&quot;But I got it.&nbsp;Hold on and never give up!&quot;

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So who was ahead of Hathaway on the list of possible actresses? Well, the eternal Regina George a.k.a.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/Best-wedding-movies-to-stream" target="_blank">Rachel McAdams</a> was one of the options. In an interview with Elle in 2007, the actress revealed that she refused because she didn&#39;t want to make films just to&nbsp;make them, but that she needed to be in love with it.&nbsp;The Devil Wears Prada&nbsp;premiered only two years after her great success in Mean Girls.

Besides McAdams, the seven other names on the list have not been released, but a <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-devil-wears-prada" target="_blank">Buzzfeed</a> story revealed that names like Juliette Lewis and Claire Danes auditioned for the role.

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Anne Hathaway Reveals She Was the 9th Choice for Her Role in 'The Devil Wears Prada'

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