If you thought the 2025 Golden Globes were all about glitz, glam, and acceptance speeches, think again—because Anne Hathaway just turned it into a nostalgic fashion flashback. The Oscar-winner took to Instagram to jokingly point out that her former costar Jeremy Strong might have “borrowed” her legendary bucket hat look from The Princess Diaries.
“Sweetheart, I’m not mad you borrowed it,” Hathaway teased in her Monday post, which showed a side-by-side comparison of Strong’s turquoise velvet bucket hat and Mia Thermopolis’s own early-2000s creation. “But I didn’t totally realize you were going to change the col… anyway, not important, congrats on your well-deserved nom for The Apprentice!!! 💚”
A Princess Diaries Flashback, 2025 Style
Strong hit the Golden Globes red carpet in a head-turning outfit by Italian luxury label Loro Piana: a turquoise velvet suit, matching bucket hat, white turtleneck, and equally vibrant shades from Jacques Marie Mage. And while fans were impressed by the bold choice, Hathaway had an even more important observation—he looked exactly like Mia Thermopolis trying to cover a disastrous haircut in The Princess Diaries.
But hey, we can’t blame Jeremy for channeling his inner Princess of Genovia. After all, early-2000s fashion is making a serious comeback, and The Princess Diaries is pretty much a time capsule of that era’s trends.
When Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong First Crossed Paths
Hathaway and Strong aren’t strangers to each other’s wardrobes—or each other’s work. They’ve collaborated on two previous films: James Gray’s 2022 coming-of-age drama Armageddon Time and the mind-bending 2019 thriller Serenity. Hathaway called their friendship “gorgeous,” pointing out that they both became parents around the same time—further proof that real-life bonds make for fun red carpet moments.
Jeremy Strong’s Golden Globe Nod (Even If the Hat Stole the Show)
Strong snagged a 2025 Golden Globe nomination for his riveting portrayal of Roy Cohn—a famed lawyer and political fixer—in Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice. Even though The Apprentice went home empty-handed, fans still got to see Strong living his best life in that turquoise masterpiece.
Meanwhile, Hathaway’s own projects—the age-gap romcom The Idea of You and the Jessica Chastain co-starrer Mother’s Instinct—didn’t score any Golden Globe love this year. But that didn’t stop her from making headlines with this cheeky fashion comparison.
Biggest Winners of the Night
Though The Apprentice missed out on trophies, Strong’s costar Sebastian Stan nabbed a Golden Globe for his performance in Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man. The trans cartel musical Emilia Pérez ended up stealing the spotlight, winning four awards out of ten nominations—including Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña and Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.