The 6 Important Life Lessons We Can All Learn From The Devil Wears Prada

She might treat other people's desks as her personal dumping ground, but Miranda Priestly, wait for it, isn't actually a psychopath. Speaking on the call with Entertainment Weekly, Emily Blunt summed up her on-screen boss: 'She does give us a character who a lot of us can aspire to be, to be able to be uncompromising and tough and real and honest and to-the-point, and not have to contort and dance to get your point across without hurting anybody or offending anybody.' Meryl Streep went on to explain that she wasn't interested in doing a biopic of Anna Wintour, but that she was interested in exploring the burdens she had to carry, and that she admired the fact that she, Priestly that is, didn't, as Blunt said, contort herself to be palatable to others. 'I like to think we'll get to a place where women don't have to apologise for making a request.' The lesson here is don't fling your coat at underlyings; do have the courage to be all-powerful and not say sorry for it.

If you've ever missed a partner's birthday because of work, we officially give you leave to not feel guilty because Adrian Grenier, who played Nate, has admitted that his character wasn't, how shall we say, very mature about his girlfriend's career aspirations. Speaking on the video call, Grenier said: 'Nate hadn't grown up, but Andy had.... she needed more out of life, and she was achieving it. He couldn't support her like she needed because he was a fragile, wounded boy.' Of course, there's nothing wrong with having boundaries (i.e. saying no when your boss is trying to get you to wangle her a private jet out of a hurricane), but there's also nothing wrong with wanting to excel at work when you're young and hungry.

When Andy gets her makeover - and gets to waltz into the office wearing a killer pair of thigh-high leather boots from Chanel - it couldn't be a better advertisement for the power of fashion to say 'f*** you'. But then again, is it really her? Yes, she looks amazing, but by the end of the film, when she lands a newspaper job with help from her old boss, she's back to wearing a leather jacket and jeans in a kind of elevated version of the clothes she started off in. Chanel boots are all well and good, but sometimes you just have to do you.

The screenwriter, Aline Brosh McKenna, said that when the cast met for a table read, she was immediately struck by Emily Blunt - and her accent. So much so that they two went to a coffee shop and peppered the script with Britishisms. 'There is just something a bit more imperious maybe...I thought it was appropriate for her and something a bit more cutting about it,' says Blunt.

Patricia Field, the legend behind the wardrobes in Sex and the City, was responsible for the costumes. And like SATC, it really was a celebration of clothes and their power . After Andy's makeover, you'll notice that suddenly (as if by magic!) she knows exactly what long-chained necklace to pair with what tweed cap. Emily's wardrobe, meanwhile, is an ode to how a studded belt or stiletto-heeled boot can instantly make an outfit say 'don't mess with me'. (Blunt, incidentally, confessed that she, along with Streep, actually wore UGGs (yes, UGGs!) for most of their waist-up shots, while Hathway was like 'sure-footed mountain goat' in heels.)

The next time your boss asks you to do something that pushes the limits of possibility, think of Andy, who was tasked with sourcing the unpublished manuscript of Harry Potter. Not only did she get her hands on two copies, but she had them bound in time for the twins to take them on a train journey. Running that report for tomorrow doesn't seem so ludicrous now, does it?