<P> Over a hundred actresses had been considered for Emily before one of the casting agents taped Emily Blunt reading some of the lines elsewhere on the Fox lot as she was leaving for her flight to London following her audition for Eragon . Although she read them in her native British accent despite the character being written as American as she is in the novel, Frankel was interested; Finerman liked her for her sense of humor . After the makers of Eragon cast Sienna Guillory, Frankel called her in the bathroom of "some dive club" in London, where she was consoling herself with her sister . He told her that while he would have cast her just from the tape, the studio wanted to see another audition with her dressed more in character . She insisted on continuing to play the character as British; Both Hathaway and Emily Blunt lost weight for their roles, with Hathaway later recounting that "(she) and I would clutch at each other and cry because we were so hungry ." Blunt later denied rumors she did this at the filmmakers' request . </P> <P> Colleen and Suzanne Dengel, the twins who played Miranda's daughters, were cast two weeks after auditioning for Frankel and Finerman . The director and producer laughed, which the sisters believed help them get the part . They recalled in 2017 that they were excited both by being able to work together on camera for the first time, as well as the chance to act opposite Hathaway since they were big fans of the Princess Diaries movies as well . </P> <P> Tucci was one of the last actors cast; he agreed to play Nigel only three days before shooting started . The filmmakers reportedly had auditioned Barney's creative director Simon Doonan and E!'s Robert Verdi, both openly gay men highly visible as media fashion commentators, for the part; the BBC's Graham Norton also auditioned . Verdi would later say there was no intention to actually hire him and the producers had just used him and Doonan to give whoever they ultimately did cast some filmed research to use in playing a gay character (he would end up with a walk - on part as a fashion journalist in Paris). Tucci says he was unaware of this: "All I know is that someone called me and I realized this was a great part ." He based the character on various people he was acquainted with, insisting on the glasses he ultimately wore . Daniel Sunjata had originally read for Tucci's part, rather unenthusiastically since he had just finished playing a similar character, but then read the Holt part and asked if he could audition for it . Simon Baker auditioned by sending a video of himself, wearing the same self - designed green jacket he has on when he and Andrea meet for the first time . </P> <P> Weisberger is widely believed to have based Miranda on Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of Vogue . Wintour reportedly warned major fashion designers who had been invited to make cameo appearances as themselves in the film that they would be banished from the magazine's pages if they did so . Vogue and other major women's and fashion magazines have avoided reviewing or even mentioning the book in their pages . Wintour's spokespeople deny the claim, but costume designer Patricia Field says many designers told her they did not want to risk Wintour's wrath . </P>

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