Though Streep and Field loved Miranda's hair white, Field at first wasn't able to convince the studio to move forward because they had in mind that "white hair was grey hair." However, Streep's decision was final. "She just said 'My girls, don't you worry, this is what I'm going to do and it's going to be great,'" former Fox 2000 President Elizabeth Gabler said.
"That was the first time that Meryl was Miranda Priestley, meeting with the head of the studio. Just force of will, there was no conversation about the hair. They looked into Meryl's eyes and they never said a word," Frankel shared during the reunion, as Streep jokingly flipped her hair.