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'The Devil Wears Prada 2' attacks Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez
2026-04-24 12:16:32 / SHOWBIZ
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" focused its satirical target not only on Anna Wintour, but also on a power couple.
According to Variety, which spoke to five people who saw the film after its world premiere at Lincoln Center and a subsequent screening in London, Emily Blunt's returning character, Emily, has been reimagined as a figure who bears a striking resemblance to Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
Dressed in designer clothes and working at Christian Dior, the character is now the seductive partner of a billionaire tech mogul, played by Justin Theroux, described by sources as a mix of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.
Theroux's character is shown in flashbacks wearing prosthetics to appear healthier before a dramatic physical transformation following extreme wealth, a detail that closely mirrors the real-life account of Bezos' well-documented reinvention.
Lucy Liu plays the tycoon's first wife, a philanthropist who spends her divorce settlement doing good in the world, which sources say is a tribute to MacKenzie Scott, Bezos' first wife.
A subplot reportedly follows Blunt's Emily, who tries to convince her billionaire partner to buy Runway, the fictional replacement for Vogue in the film, in a direct reference to long-standing speculation that the Bezos couple have been eyeing a purchase of Condé Nast, which publishes Vogue, The New Yorker, GQ and Vanity Fair.
Sánchez Bezos has denied any such interest, telling the New York Times "I would love to!" when asked about it.
A spokesperson for Blunt told Variety that it was "absolutely not true" that her character was based on Sánchez Bezos.
The Bezos couple are co-chairing this year's Met Gala on May 4, the Monday after the film's premiere, along with Wintour, Beyoncé and Nicole Kidman, and are also financial sponsors of the event. The Met Gala is said to rely heavily on the film as a promotional tie-in, meaning Blunt could find herself in the same room as the woman she's said to be parodying.
The situation is even more complicated for Blunt's husband, John Krasinski, who stars in Amazon's Jack Ryan film series, where Amazon, of course, remains under Bezos' executive chairmanship.
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