Meryl Streep is opening up about her new movie, Don’t Look Up, and revealed that she forgot how to act as this was her first project since the pandemic lockdown.
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Slave Play is back on Broadway and Meryl Streep was in the crowd to welcome the show back to the New York stage.
The three-time Oscar-winning actress posed for a photo with playwright Jeremy O. Harris while attending the after party on Thursday night (December 2) at Tao Downtown in New York City.
It was a family affair for Meryl as her daughter Grace Gummer and her husband Mark Ronson were there as well. The newly married couple walked the red carpet together at the August Wilson Theatre.
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Meryl Streep is opening up about her new movie, Don’t Look Up, and revealed that she forgot how to act as this was her first project since the pandemic lockdown.
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COVID-19 lockdowns, pandemic worries and career uncertainties, even the three-time Oscar winner temporarily couldn’t perform her craft while shooting her new comedy “Don’t Look Up.” Streep, 72, told Entertainment Weekly on Thursday that she “found it really hard” to stay focused doing filming. “I didn’t feel funny in the lockdown. When I would come in to shoot my stuff, [I’d] get out of the car and hadn’t spoken to anybody in three weeks,” the “Iron Lady” actress said.
Leonardo DiCaprio was NOT a fan of Meryl Streep’s nude scene in their new film, Don’t Look Up, but it’s not for the reason you might think!
A difference of opinion. Meryl Streep may have been all for her character on Don’t Look Up appearing naked on screen, but director Adam McKay revealed that Leonardo DiCaprio wasn’t as onboard with the idea.
Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t want Meryl Streep stripping down in their film "Don’t Look Up." The claim was made by the film’s director, Adam McKay, who said the actor, 47, felt the actress, 72, was too much of an icon to go nude in front of cameras for the comedy. Streep stars as President Janie Orlean, who is seen naked from behind in one scene.
Adam McKay has made a name for himself as one of the premier filmmakers working today. It seems that once he made the jump from straight comedy to more satirical work with “The Big Short” and his more recent films, he’s become one of the biggest Oscar favorites each time he releases a film.
Meryl Streep’s character strips down in the new comedy “Don’t Look Up”, but if Leonardo DiCaprio had anything to say it would have never happened.
Don’t Look Up.Discussing the scene, the film’s director Adam McKay claimed that DiCaprio “had a problem” because he “views Meryl as film royalty”.Streep plays President Janie Orlean in the film, which also stars Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Mark Rylance, Timothée Chalamet and more.“She is fearless,” McKay told The Guardian of Streep. “And yes, that is a body double.
“Don’t Look Up.”The film’s director, Adam McKay, made the declaration in a Sunday interview, saying DiCaprio, 47, believed Streep, 72, was too much of an icon to get nude on camera.In the film, the Oscar winner plays President Janine Orlean, who is seen naked from behind in one scene.
(CNN)The fact that Meryl Streep didn't know what "G.O.A.T." means proves that she is just that.Jennifer Lawrence told Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show" that while filming "Don't Look Up" with Streep, the cast would "offhandedly call Meryl the G.O.A.T." -- abbreviation for the "greatest of all time.""And we were doing a photoshoot and I said something like G.O.A.T. and Meryl kind of said, 'That's right.
Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorThe first time Adam McKay met Meryl Streep to discuss “Don’t Look Up,” he was momentarily intimidated. But Streep quickly put him at ease — until McKay’s phone rang, and his ringtone was the theme from “The Deer Hunter.”“It’s a stunning piece of music!” McKay says with a laugh, saying he was just looking for something beautiful for his phone.