Great Performances: Stanley Tucci as Nigel

While it takes no great stretch of the imagination to picture a gay man in the world of high fashion, it does take some deft handling not to turn that character into a screaming stereotype.

Of course, when you have an actor as talented as Stanley Tucci in the role, you need not worry. Tucci brings more to his performance as Nigel in The Devil Wears Prada then what was on the page, imbuing the character with a quiet dignity and unquestioning (if not misplaced) loyalty to his fashionista mistress, Miranda Priestly. And when that loyalty is ultimately (inevitably?) betrayed, he suffers in silence, yet all the pain and anger is easily visible in his eyes.

Lest we forget that this movie is a comedy, Nigel does manage to toss off a few catty zingers along the way. "Gird your loins", anyone?

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