Stanley Tucci made a new confession Vanity Fair An interview saying he struggled to find work after his iconic support comeback in 2006 The Devil Wears Prada.
Tucci played the right-hand man of Meryl Streep's fearsome character, Miranda Priestly, in the Oscar-nominated fashion industry comedy. The film was highly praised by critics and audiences alike; Tucci's character was one of the film's most remembered, but the actor revealed that he had difficulty finding work following the film's success.
“Afterwards The Devil Wears PradaI couldn't find a job and I didn't fully understand it, but that's the way it is,” Tucci reflected. “So I went and did things I didn't want to do, but I did.”
The actor starred in a number of films throughout 2007 and 2008 that are vaguely remembered at best. But after starring opposite Streep once again Julie and Julia (2009), playing the husband of Streep's Julia Child, Tucci's career began to gain momentum. Received an Oscar nomination Beautiful Bones The same year, before he began starring in The Hunger Games franchise
Tucci's career took off over the following decade; The actor has carved a niche for himself as a cookbook author and television host among mega-budget blockbusters and critically acclaimed works of art. conclaveThe religious-themed cauldron that Tucci is currently starring in.
But if there's one thing Tucci isn't sure about, it's the long-rumored sequel. The Devil Wears Prada. “No one will let me answer that,” the actor said when asked about the sequel. “I think they want this to happen. But I can't really speak to that because it might not happen. I don't know.”