The Comment that Landed Golfer Rory McIlroy a Cameo in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’

Fans expected The Devil Wears Prada 2 to be filled with celebrity cameos — and the long-awaited sequel to the 2006 hit did not disappoint.

Golfer Rory McIlroy’s appearance had director David Frankel especially excited.

“I mean I loved having Rory McIlroy,” Frankel, 67, told reporters during the film’s European premiere in London. “He was a great sport. A very good actor.”

He added that McIlroy’s appearance came as the result of an interview he did at the Players Championship last year.

“You know it was triggered because last year, right before he won the Players Championship, the press asked him what he did to relax the night before he won the tournament, and he said he watched The Devil Wears Prada,” Frankel explained. “I knew we had a fan.”

McIlroy, 37, won the 2025 Players Championship last March, defeating J.J. Spaun in a thrilling three-hole playoff.

“I needed to reset,” he told reporters after his win, referencing the rough round he played the day before. “Once I got back to the hotel, I just tried to sort of forget about it and had some room service, watched a little bit of Devil Wears Prada and went to bed. That was basically it.”

He added, “Then when I woke up this morning — I woke up at 3:00 this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I was — I was as nervous as I can remember.”

McIlroy wasn’t the only athlete to make a cameo in The Devil Wears Prada 2. New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns also made an appearance. The film also featured cameos from numerous celebrities, including Ciara, Jon Batiste, Donatella Versace, Heidi Klum, Winnie Harlow and more.

The film isn’t the only major sequel that McIlroy has appeared in recently, either. He also had a small role in Netflix’s Happy Gilmore 2, released in July 2025. A month after the film hit the streaming service, however, the golfer admitted he still hadn’t watched the movie.

“I haven’t even watched the movie yet, because I don’t want to see myself trying to act,” he told Kate Mackz of The Running Interview Show in August. “I am going to try and watch it this week maybe but it was an amazing experience.”

McIlroy continued, “Adam Sandler is the best, he’s such a nice guy. He made us feel so comfortable but I am not going to give up my day job anytime soon. … I think that’s the great thing about being in this position, you get to be in the company of the people that are the best at what they do whether it’s Sandler in acting or whether you admire other sportspeople at the top of their game … to be able to spend a little bit of time with them.”