Stanley Tucci says he 'couldn't get a job' after appearing in 'The Devil Wears Prada' despite its success

• Stanley Tucci told Vanity Fair he "couldn't get a job" aft appearing successful "The Devil Wears Prada."
• The character played Nigel, nan creation head of a apical manner mag successful nan 2006 film.
• Meryl Streep was nominated for a champion character Oscar for playing nan editor, Miranda Priestly.

Stanley Tucci says he struggled to find activity aft appearing successful "The Devil Wears Prada" alongside Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.

The 2006 movie follows Andrea Sachs, played by Hathaway, arsenic she starts moving for Miranda Priestly (Streep), nan fierce editor of a manner mag called Runway. Tucci played Nigel, its creation head who helps Andrea find her feet successful nan fast-paced world of fashion.

The movie was some a captious and commercialized success. Streep and Patricia Field were nominated for champion character and champion costume design, respectively, astatine nan Oscars, and nan movie made $326 cardinal worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.

In an question and reply pinch Vanity Fair published connected Tuesday, Tucci said that contempt nan film's occurrence he struggled to onshore different domiciled afterwards.

"After 'The Devil Wears Prada,' I couldn't get a job, and I didn't rather understand that, but that's conscionable nan measurement it was. So I went and did worldly that I didn't needfully want to do, but I did it," he told nan magazine.

The character explained that it is sometimes nan quality of Hollywood, and it tin beryllium difficult to get backmost into regular work, noting his ain difficulties recovering from an illness.

"My profession has ever gone done these fluctuations, and sometimes it's conscionable nan business. Sometimes it was individual reasons why you can't work. Having been sick six years ago, that threw a wrench into nan useful for a while, and past you slow get back," Tucci said.

"But I had to commencement doing things. I needed to activity because I needed money. I astir apt started moving excessively soon. I didn't really person nan power to do it aft nan treatments, but you had to do it, and yet you climb backmost up again."

Tucci has had thing of a profession resurgence successful caller years, starring successful movies including "The Witches," "Supernova," and "Conclave" this year.

He besides pivoted to attraction connected his passion for nutrient arsenic a gourmand. Tucci traveled astir Italy for nan CNN bid "Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy," which went connected to prime up an Emmy award.

He precocious filmed a caller nutrient and recreation bid for National Geographic titled "Tucci: The Heart of Italy," Forbes reported, and has written respective books astir food, including "What I Ate In One Year (and related thoughts)."