How “The Devil Wears Prada” Changed Meryl Streep’s Life

Published on 04/22/2022
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She Didn’t Like How She Acted

Streep, on the other hand, was unhappy with her performance on the Prada set. Not in any manner, shape, or form. “It was dreadful!” says Entertainment Weekly. I was [disgusted] in my trailer. I could hear them all laughing and swaying. I was in such a funk! ‘Well, that’s the price you pay for being the boss,’ I responded. ‘That was the last time I tried a Method thing! ”

She Didn’t Like How She Acted

She Didn’t Like How She Acted

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A Different Approach

Streep has been less interested in method acting since then. She now appears to be restricting herself to measures that only affect her and not her co-stars. For the 2015 film Ricki and the Flash, she spent six months learning how to play the guitar properly, all for realism.

A Different Approach

A Different Approach

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