Anne Hathaway, 43, goes viral for taut face at Oscars as bewildered fans ask: ‘What did she do and why?’
Anne Hathaway attracted attention with her smooth and radiant young skin while walking on the red carpet at the Oscars.
Vogue is hard at work promoting The Devil Wears Prada 2, the sequel to the classic 2006 comedy The Devil Wears Prada, based on a roman à clef written by Dame Anna Wintour’s former assistant.
Coming full circle, Hathaway appeared on stage with the real Dame Anna that evening, and Anna jokingly offered a cold evaluation of her Valentino dress on stage.
But for many viewers at home, it was Hathaway’s face that stood out the most, sending social media into speculation.
‘What did Anne Hathaway do to her face and why?’ wondered one fan on former Twitter user X, while another wrote: ‘Anne Hathaway unveiling her new face.’
The Daily Mail has contacted Hathaway’s representatives for comment.
Anne Hathaway attracted attention with her smooth and radiant young skin while walking on the red carpet at the Oscars.
For most viewers at home, Hathaway’s face caught the most attention and sparked speculation on social media
In a full-circle The Devil Wears Prada moment, Hathaway appeared on stage with Dame Anna Wintour that evening, who jokingly gave a cold assessment of her dressing style on stage.
One fan reacted to her look by joking: ‘Anne Hathaway’s new face is a mix of young Renee Zellweger and Katherine Heigl’s faces.’
“I’ve been seeing comments that Anne Hathaway looks botoxed and they’re probably right,” another theorized, “but unlike most such cases she looked good and her face was expressive enough.” Might cut it next time.’
“Anne Hathaway looks like she has a permanent filter on her face, cool but weird at the same time,” another tweeted, before replying: “Oh it’s called a facelift hahaha.”
‘Did Anne Hathaway have plastic surgery?’ One stunned viewer wrote to X: ‘His face looks weird. ‘He was almost unrecognizable.’
Hathaway and Dame Anna were tapped to present Best Costume Design in the fashion-themed film, which served as the link between them.
After praising the importance of clothes in films, Hathaway said: ‘One could argue that one’s real-life wardrobe is important too.’
Dame Anna’s face was a mask of mystery, as Hathaway asked: ‘Does this make one look elegant and attractive, say, on Hollywood’s biggest night, when the most important people in fashion decide how one looks?’
When Hathaway turned to her, Dame Anna wore sunglasses, an accessory she has described as ‘armor’ in the past, making her face even harder to read.
A fan reacted to seeing it by joking: ‘Anne Hathaway’s new face is a mix of the faces of a young Renee Zellweger and Katherine Heigl.’
Hathaway and Dame Anna were tapped to present Best Costume Design in the fashion-themed film, which served as the link between them.
He is heavily promoting The Devil Wears Prada 2, the sequel to his 2006 comedy The Devil Wears Prada, based on a roman à clef written by a former assistant of Dame Anna.
Hathaway, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Fantine in the 2012 musical Les Miserables, wore Valentino in her last appearance at the awards ceremony.
‘Anna,’ asked Hathaway, as Dame Anna avoided meeting her eyes and kept her face determinedly expressionless: ‘What do you think of my dress tonight?’
Dame Anna responded by leaning into the microphone and saying ‘And the candidates’, earning great laughter and applause.
When the book The Devil Wears Prada was published in 2003, it set off a rumor storm that its author, Lauren Weisberger, had written about her former boss, who had employed her for less than a year.
The real Dame Anna kept her cool publicly, cheerfully telling the New York Times that she was “looking forward to reading the book.”
But one of his subordinates claimed to unauthorized biographer Jerry Oppenheimer that the Vogue capo was ‘breathing fire’ behind the scenes and ‘felt used and abused by Weisberger.’
When the film was released three years later, Dame Anna turned to publicity and attended the New York City premiere wearing Prada.
A few years after the film’s release, Vogue’s global editor-in-chief was asked in a CNN interview whether she considered her former assistant’s novel a ‘breach of trust’.
‘Well…’ he replied with a weak laugh. ‘I think it draws attention to fashion in a way that you can look at it in a positive or negative way. I choose to look at it from a positive perspective. In some ways I think I should be grateful to him.’
