Meryl Streep recalled why she bought a 'padded bra' for a movie audition that she believed earned her an Oscar-nominated role.
“You have to trust; it wasn’t the push-up bra.” According to Queen Meryl, the Oscar-nominated director didn’t think that Streep was “sexy” enough for the role. Kramer. Pollack simply saw Streep, but also how she could perfectly fit into the lead role for Out of Africa. Nevertheless, Streep continued to push her interest in the role, so Pollack agreed to meet up with the actor. “I went out and got a padded bra, one of those dreadful frilly low-cut blouses for our first meeting—and I got the part,” Streep said. Meryl Streep is an Oscar-winning actor for the tremendous ways that she translates a character from the page to the silver screen.
Meryl Streep had the most brilliant response to 'King Kong' producer Dino De Laurentiis when he called her 'ugly' in an audition.
Folks in the film industry didn’t know her outside of the New York theater circle. She most recently starred in Adam McKay’s Best Picture nominee Don’t Look Up. The film didn’t earn very positive reviews, but critics and audiences praised her comedic talent in the movie. Streep is now frequently called one of the greatest actors to ever live. Streep didn’t go right into the film industry. Meryl Streep once went through the brutality of the Hollywood audition process. King Kong producer Dino De Laurentiis once called Streep “ugly” in her audition, but she wasn’t about to leave without speaking her mind in the most legendary way possible.
Out of Africa follows a dairy farmer named Karen Blixen (Streep). She travels to Africa to meet up with her husband, Bror (Klaus Maria Brandauer), who ...
He doesn’t deny that she ultimately stepped up to complete the scene with the lion. He also brought on a crew to keep on the ready with fire extinguishers in case things took a turn for the worse. “That girl was really scared, you know, and she had the sense to be scared,” Meryl recalled. Unfortunately, her stunt double just couldn’t muster up the courage to go through with it. Karen realizes that she will have to choose between her love and her personal growth that could provide her with a potentially better individual future. Karen ultimately realizes that she actually prefers the simplistic lifestyle that Africa allows her compared to her upper-class background.
For breathing life into TV host, culinary icon and America's first-ever celebrity chef Julia Child in 2010's “Julie & Julia,” the legendary American actress ...
“There’s such an awful lot of source material available online, so that was a starting point to reference her, plus reading the books about her and the letters between her and Avis. The benefit from the film for me was that it was the first time I became aware of Julia… because she did not have a presence in the UK. “But I worked with a vocal coach for a very short period of time who helped he look into the accent, really. So, I had to find something which worked in parallel and was comfortable. Asked for his thoughts about Paul and Julia’s fabled relationship, David mused, “The best way for me to put it is that I am such a huge admirer of Paul Child, the man. “I spent some time for playing around and trying to find something that works. “That’s the part that’s not written about. And he had a career as a diplomat. “Then, Julia sort of bloomed as she got older and more comfortable in her shoes. But two-time Bafta-winning British actress Sarah Lancashire, who plays the beloved chef in the eight-part HBO Max Original comedy series “Julia,” delivers a portrayal that is just as memorable and award-worthy. “She did all these incredible things, and then she would feed you! Sarah deftly captures Ms Child’s joie de vivre and penchant for optimism—and makes the role completely her own.