Simon Baker Follows Adrian Grenier Out of The Devil Wears Prada 2

simon baker does not appear in The Devil Wears Prada sequel, and Adrian Grenier said he was disappointed not to get the call back for Nate. David Frankel later said he considered slipping Nate into a cameo, but the production schedule ran out of room before that could happen.

Grenier on Nate’s absence

Adrian Grenier said in July last year that it was “obviously, it was a disappointment that I didn't get the call to be in the sequel.” He added, “But I also understand there was some backlash with Nate, the character, so that might have something to do with it.”

That leaves the sequel with a cleaner line back to the 2006 film’s most debated character. Nate spent the original movie as Andy Sachs’ boyfriend, and the relationship became a talking point because he pressured her to walk away from her Runway job.

Frankel’s cameo plan

David Frankel said the idea of bringing Nate back never got beyond a cameo discussion. “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,” he said.

The timing mattered because filming wrapped up less than a month before the sequel’s scheduled release date. That left little flexibility for a late addition, even as Anne Hathaway returned as Andy Sachs and the production also brought back Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci.

Runway’s new lineup

The sequel also moves Andy toward a new love interest, Peter, played by Patrick Brammall. That shift makes Nate’s absence part of the sequel’s setup, not just a casting omission, and it signals that the relaunch is choosing a different center of gravity than the first film.

Grenier tried to soften the exit in a Starbucks advertisement, saying, “You might have seen the headlines - I wasn't asked to be part of a certain sequel. But I'm good. Really. It's all good energy” and later, “So a toast to Nate. He made a mean sandwich. He loved his girlfriend, to a point. He wasn't perfect. So let's leave Nate in 2006 and keep this good.”