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Sydney Sweeney's role in The Devil Wears Prada 2 was cut due to "creative differences"

The actress was supposed to appear as herself in the film for a few minutes, but the filmmakers decided to go a separate way.
Ben Lyons Senior Editor Updated 22 April 2026

If you are planning to head to cinemas to watch The Devil Wears Prada 2 when it makes its arrival at the start of May, you might be interested to hear that the film will no longer feature an appearance from Sydney Sweeney.

The actress was expected to appear in the film after being spotted on-set last year, but clearly this will no longer be the case. In a statement provided to Entertainment Weekly, it has been revealed that Sweeney's role was axed due to "creative decisions" as it "did not work structurally with the rest of the sequence".

As for what the sequence in question was about, Sweeney was supposed to be appearing as herself in a moment that touched on Emily Blunt's return as Emily, all in a moment occurring at the Dior offices in New York.

The question now is whether Sweeney's recent controversy with her American Eagle "great jeans" campaign and her equally controversial Euphoria: Season 3 scenes that could even be banned in the UK had anything to do with the cutting decision from The Devil Wears Prada 2's filmmakers?

Senior Editor Ben was a Senior Editor at Gamereactor UK. When he wasn’t writing, editing or filming for Gamereactor, he could usually be found playing an FPS or getting lost in a sprawling RPG.
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