Meryl’s unlikely inspiration

Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly is renowned for being cynical and cut-throat, though these characteristics were actually borrowing from another cinema icon.

The actress based her editor-in-chief off her ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ co-star Clint Eastwood, who she said was able to dominate the room in a soft-spoken manner.

She recalled: He never, ever, ever raises his voice and everyone has to lean in to listen, and he is automatically the most powerful person in the room.”