Exhausted
Because the director insisted on a stunt that Streep was too exhausted to perform. So Streep hopped on a raft and paddled down the river, but the raft capsized and nearly killed her. When she was released in 1994, she told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, “I feel fairly convinced that if I say that I’m too weary to accomplish something, we have to think I’m speaking the truth.”
Exhausted
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Pushing Her Over The Edge
Then there was the incident on the set of one of her earlier movies. Dustin Hoffman, Streep’s co-star in the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer, utilized the tactic to severely drive her over the brink. More information regarding what transpired has been accessible over time.
Pushing Her Over The Edge
