NEW YORK, April 21 -- Two decades after The Devil Wears Prada became a modern US classic, its stars reunited in New York on Monday for the long-awaited sequel's world premiere.

Meryl Streep, who returns as tyrannical magazine editor Miranda Priestly, was joined on the red carpet by fellow A-listers Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci.

"It was like, why did it take so long?" Streep told Disney Plus when asked about stepping back into her fearsome character's shoes.

Tucci agreed: "Yes, exactly. It was like riding a bicycle."

The Devil Wears Prada 2 sees a now well established Andy Sachs (Hathaway) back at Runway Magazine, where Miranda Priestly (Streep) is navigating the decline of print media.

The veteran editor is forced to ...