Watch on as Vogue’s August cover star, Anne Hathaway, transforms into a full-on “Fashion Beast”—with a little help from a special guest.

Anne Hathaway is screaming. Eyes wild, skin aflame. Cresting, her voice vaults to a frequency you figure could shatter glass.

While the answers to some questions may have to wait until the actual HOEC is announced, a response of sorts to the Gala ...