From the Oscar she forgot to the sexy hair massage she received from Robert Redford in “Africa Minha,” Meryl Streep recalled several moments from her career in “Masterclass” the day after she received an honorary Palme d'Or at the opening of the 77th edition. Cannes Film Festival version.
“The biggest stars in the world today are women,” she told an adoring audience, adding that she felt “intimidated” by actresses such as Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, who set up their own production companies to create career opportunities.
Streep also said that if some of her starring roles were memorable, it was “because she was the only woman in the movie.”
The forgotten Oscars
Streep, who has 21 nominations and three statuettes, won her first award for her role as an estranged mother in “Kramer vs. Kramer” at the 1980 ceremony, but suffered a setback with the prestigious award.
“I forgot it in the bathroom. I was wearing a big dress and I had to pick it up. I put it on the floor and forgot. I put it on the floor and forgot it was hiding there,” she said, laughing. .
“But someone found him. The next person who came,” he recalls.
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In the same film, where she demands custody of her son from her future husband, played by Dustin Hoffman, one of the most powerful scenes is when Streep explains in court why she left home for a few months.
The actress explained that she was arguing with director Robert Benton about what she should say in court.
In the end, “they each went to their own dressing room. Dustin wrote his version of my dialogue, Benton wrote his and I wrote mine. We voted and I won!”
Sensual massage by Robert Redford
Streep explained during the filming of “Africa Minha,” one of her most famous films, that in the famous scene in which Robert Redford was washing her hair in the river, he was not doing so in a “sexy” way.
To solve this situation, someone showed her how to massage her hair.
“Redford has learned […] And he did it very well. “By the fifth time, I was completely in love,” she admitted.
“In a way, it's like a sex scene, because it's so intimate. I didn't want that day to end,” he joked.
Golf at five
Streep, who has worked with all the movie giants, also starred alongside Clint Eastwood in The Bridges of Madison County, one of her most famous films.
He said it was “awesome” to work with him.
“He made the film in five weeks because he left at 5 p.m. to play golf,” he explained.
“It was very important to him, so he filmed quickly,” he noted.
“I know how you feel”
“The first movie I did where a guy came up to me and said, ‘I know how you feel,’ was The Devil Wears Prada,” the actress said of her role as a domineering fashion magazine editor.
“There was more than one person who came up to me and said […] “I know what it's like to be the only one making the decisions and no one understands us,” he recalls.
“I was fascinated by it,” she admitted.
For the actress, men find it difficult to identify with female roles, but the opposite is possible.
“We can do it, we speak that language, but it is very difficult for them to feel us,” he explained.
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