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

Can you imagine the iconic film The Devil Wears Prada without Anne Hathaway? Even though her role as Andy Sachs is one of her most well-known performances, and a true favorite for fashion lovers, things were almost quite different. In a recent special appearance on the reality show RuPaul's Drag Race, 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 response

 "How long do you have?" she joked. "I was the ninth choice for The Devil Wears Prada." The reaction, of course, was of great surprise to all the contestants because it's hard to imagine anyone else in her iconic role. She continued, "But I got it. Hold on and never give up!"

So who was ahead of Hathaway on the list of possible actresses? Well, the eternal Regina George a.k.a. Rachel McAdams was one of the options. In an interview with Elle in 2007, the actress revealed that she refused because she didn't want to make films just to make them, but that she needed to be in love with it. The Devil Wears Prada 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 Buzzfeed story revealed that names like Juliette Lewis and Claire Danes auditioned for the role.