Meryl Streep has admitted she once had a real problem with her longtime friend Goldie Hawn, and it came down to punctuality.
speaks to Vanity FairStreep, 76, recalled the frustration of working with Hawn, 80, on the 1992 supernatural black comedy Death becomes herwhere the pair played rivals competing for the same man.
The problem? Hawn was perpetually late and somehow got away with it every time.
“Goldie, she was always late to set. But she was so adorable. And I’m always on time, you know, and annoying. But she’s late, and she had a red convertible, I remember, and she drove herself to set. So that was probably the problem.”
The image of Hawn bursting onto the set after driving herself there, hair already styled, full of excuses, made it seemingly impossible for anyone to be annoyed.
“She would drive herself to set. She had all her hair … ‘Oh God, I’m sorry!’ And everyone was like, ‘Oh, she’s so cute.’ Yes. So I had a beef with her,” Streep said.
Despite the frustration at the site, the friendship endured.
“I loved her. I love her. She’s one of my buddies and over the years we’ve had some laughs about that movie because people love it. I thought it was like a documentary about Beverly Hills.”
Streep’s comments about past beef came the same week she found herself in an unlikely standoff with Travis Kelce after she joked while promoting The Devil Wears Prada 2 that she would like to see the Kansas City Chiefs tight end try to walk in stilettos on the cobblestones of Milan.
Jason Kelce brought it up on the brothers’ New Heights podcast, asking Travis, “Do we have beef with Meryl Streep?” Travis was emphatic.
“That’s a strong woman right there. I’m a fan of Meryl Streep. I have no beef with her.”
After a clip of Streep’s comment was played, Travis responded with characteristic confidence: “Oh Meryl, you have no idea how good I am at walking in heels. OK?”
