May 3, 2026 9:45am PT

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Hired a Human Artist to Create the Film’s AI-Generated Meme: ‘It Was Nothing But Fun’

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“The Devil Wears Prada 2” is getting some appreciation over director David Frankel’s decision to choose a human artist over AI.

The anticipated sequel kicks off with Runway Magazine in hot water after a poor editorial decision, under the helm of editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). Priestly becomes the subject of a slew of online hate, GIFs and memes, one of them an AI-style image of Priestly as a fast-food worker.

On Friday, the day the film was released, artist Alexis Franklin shared that she created the image of Priestly sans AI. “Would you like some lies with that?” the meme reads.

“I got to paint this at the request of [director] David Frankel for ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ (it shows up in the movie),” wrote Franklin on Instagram, sharing a time-lapse video of her process. She added, “Absolutely no disrespect to Queen Meryl, but this is something I would’ve painted in my free time, so when they asked me to do this, it was nothing but fun.”

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Hired a Human Artist to Create the Film’s AI-Generated Meme: 'It Was Nothing But Fun'