Streep and Tucci front-row at Dolce & Gabbana show, Prada 2 rumors

Meryl Streep, in full costume as Miranda Priestly, and Stanley Tucci, reprising Nigel Kipling, made a surprise front row appearance at Dolce & Gabbana's Milan Fashion Week show on Sept. 27, drawing applause from the crowd and fueling speculation that the outing was filmed for the upcoming sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2. Video from the event showed the pair, flanked by new cast member Simone Ashley, seated runwayside next to supermodel Naomi Campbell and later greeting Vogue's Anna Wintour backstage.

The actors arrived late to the show and remained visibly in character during much of the event, wearing head to toe Dolce & Gabbana and keeping the serious demeanors fans associate with their Runway magazine personas. Backstage footage captured a warmer moment between Streep and Wintour during which Streep embraced the longtime fashion editor and said, "You look so beautiful," and in another clip was heard smiling, "This is my first fashion show," appearing to break character. The mixed signals have left observers to weigh whether the outing was a staged scene, a guerrilla-style filming choice by the production, or a publicity moment tied to the film.