Anna Wintour has revealed what she really thought of The Devil Wears Prada – the 2006 film about the terrifying boss of a glossy magazine who was believed to be modelled on her.

The outgoing editor-in-chief of Vogue, who has presided over the publication for 37 years, described the movie which centres on the editorial team at a fictional publication called Runway as ‘a fair shot.’

‘Listen, it had a lot of humor to it,’ she told New Yorker editor David Remnick this week. ‘It had a lot of wit.

‘They were all amazing. And, in the end, I thought it was a fair shot.’

Filming is now underway for the sequel, which will also reprise Meryl Streep – revered in the original as intimidating fashion powerhouse Miranda Priestley.

It also stars Anne Hathaway in the role of meek but mighty Andy Sachs and Emily Blunt as Emily Charlton.

The hit flick is an adaption of a novel of the same name, penned by Anna‘s real-life former assistant Lauren Weisberger.

Speaking on the Radio Hour podcast, the 75-year-old recalled going to the premiere of the film.

‘I went to the première wearing Prada, completely having no idea what the film was going to be about,’ she shared. ‘And I think that the fashion industry was very sweetly concerned for me about the film, that it was going to paint me in some kind of difficult light’.

She agreed with the podcast host when he said the portrayal was ‘cartoonish’, adding that she saw it as ‘a caricature’ but found the film ‘highly enjoyable’.

She also recalled a conversation with Prada boss Miuccia Prada – in which she acknowledged that the movie would do a lot of good for the high-end label – but didn’t reveal what the designer said in return.

‘And you can imagine what she said back,’ Anna joked.

The fashion journalist has previously dodged answering questions about her view of the flick, which has now been made into a musical starring Vanessa Williams.

At a performance of the West End show last year, she told the BBC that it was ‘for the audience and for the people she works with to decide if there are any similarities between her and Miranda Priestly’.

It was announced earlier this year that Chloe Malle will take over from Anna, who has been editor-in-chief since 1988.

Previously, Chloe, who is the daughter of Candice Bergen and the late director Louis Malle, was the head of Vogue.com.

A graduate of Brown University, she first joined the publication in 2011 and has steadily risen through the ranks.

In 2023, she was named an editor at the magazine, and she also co-hosts The Run-Through with Vogue podcast.

Her editorial portfolio includes high-profile interviews with a range of public figures.

She spoke with Lauren Sanchez, 55, for the magazine’s cover story earlier this year, having previously interviewed her in 2023.

Elsewhere Chloe also profiled Fran Lebowitz, Jenna Lyons, Fran Drescher and Margot Robbie, among others.

Other potential candidates included W Magazine editor Sara Moonves, Stella Bugbee, editor of the Styles section at The New York Times, and Nicole Phelps, who runs both Vogue Business and Vogue Runway.

The appointment comes just a few months after Wintour announced in June that she would be stepping down from her longstanding role as head of editorial content at the famed fashion magazine.

Wintour will continue to hold her position as Condé Nast’s global chief content officer and global editorial director at Vogue, and the new head of editorial content will report to her.

As chief content officer, Wintour oversees every brand globally, including Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ, AD, Condé Nast Traveler, Glamour, Bon Appetit, Tatler, World of Interiors and Allure – among others.