Washington DC, April 3 -- Actress Meryl Streep recently recalled how the 2006 movie 'The Devil Wears Prada' classification as a "chick flick" made it difficult to pull together a budget for the David Frankel-helmed adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's novel, reported Deadline.

"Twenty years ago, it was categorised as a 'chick flick,' and that designation has kind of not worn well after Barbie and Mamma Mia!--to throw that in--and other films that completely catch the studios by surprise that people want to see them, because they have girls in the center of the story, women in the center of the story," she said on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as quoted by Deadline.

"So, we had to scrabble for our budget. And that was true," added Str...