Why isn’t Adrian Grenier’s Nate in The Devil Wears Prada 2?

20 years after the original film, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci have reunited in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Directed by David Frankel, the comedy drama sees Andy Sachs return to Runway magazine as a senior editor, where she encounters Miranda, Nigel Kipling and her former colleague Emily, who is now a senior executive at Dior.

While the core cast returns, a key omission is Adrian Grenier’s Nate, who was Andy’s boyfriend in the original film. At the end of The Devil Wears Prada, Andy and Nate go their separate ways as the latter moves to Boston to become a sous-chef.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 was released in UK cinemas on May 1, 2026.

Why doesn’t Nate appear in The Devil Wears Prada 2?

While Nate doesn’t appear in The Devil Wears Prada sequel, director David Frankel wanted the character to make a cameo, but production schedules got in the way.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Frankel said: “I had an idea about sneaking him into a cameo, and, in the end, it was just too late in our production schedule to make it happen.”

What has Adrian Grenier said about Nate’s absence?

While Adrian Grenier has expressed his ‘disappointment’ at not being asked back for The Devil Wears Prada 2, he acknowledged the character is a controversial figure due to his toxic relationship with Andy.

Speaking to Page Six, Grenier said: “We’re all fans of the movie, whether or not we were in it. Obviously, it was a disappointment that I didn’t get the call to be in the sequel. But I also understand there was some backlash with Nate, the character, so that might have something to do with it.”

In fact, Grenier poked fun at his omission in a Starbucks advert earlier this year. In the clip, where he’s seen talking about Nate’s absence to a barista, he remarks: “Ok, so he wasn’t perfect. So let’s leave Nate in 2006 and keep this good energy going.”

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