Fans can’t get enough of Only Murders in the Building, as the series recently dropped its season 3 on August 8th, 2023. Watching familiar faces along with new ones like Meryl Streep, audiences were thoroughly impressed with what Hulu’s Emmy-nominated show had to offer.
While fans were hooked to the screen to stream season 3, Meryl Streep apparently found an unexpected connection with her onscreen character, Loretta. Confessing how Streep’s daughters forced her to appear in Selena Gomez’s Only Murders in the Building, director John Hoffman revealed the actress’ familiarity with Loretta.
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Meryl Streep’s Appearance In Only Murders in the Building
As Hulu’s Emmy-nominated show, Only Murders in the Building brings its third season, show creator John Hoffman recalls how Meryl Streep actually landed her role following a wicked plan she once offered her daughters. “She told me later, ‘I have daughters who are actresses.’” Hoffman recalled. He further discussed the plan shared by Streep to her daughters.
“If you’re having trouble with getting the work you want to be doing, just call up the show you love and tell them you’d like to be on it!” the director shared.
Discussing the plan that Streep offered her daughters to use, the acclaimed director mentioned protesting the sentiment, when the actress subtly confirmed how she used it to land her role. Further, John Hoffman revealed how he never expected Meryl Streep to play the role of Loretta Durkin.
“I said to Dan, ‘Well, what would be dreamy for the person who never got their break, is if Meryl Streep played this.’ He’s like, ‘’Yeah, good luck with that, John.’ And then it was a matter of two weeks that Meryl was calling Marty and Steve, just to say that she likes the show,” John Hoffman shared.
Laughing at how smoothly Meryl Streep used the plan she once offered her daughters, John Hoffman later revealed the strange connection the actress shared with her character.
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Meryl Streep’s Unnerving Connection With Her Character
Although it’s hard to imagine Meryl Streep as an unsuccessful actress, her Only Murders in the Building character showed us exactly what that would look like. Appearing as Loretta Durkin, an actress who never got her big break, Streep delivered an enchanting performance that hooked her viewers to the screen. But that’s not all that sounds interesting about her role. Apparently, the actress found a strange link with her onscreen character.
During the interview with Variety, John Hoffman recalled how Meryl Streep informed him about the shocking similarity between her and Loretta’s backstory. “I say, ‘We start on your character, and you’re 10 years old, and you’re seeing your first Broadway show coming from St. Louis with your mother. You’re watching No Strings, which is a Richard Rogers musical’” Hoffman shared.
“Before I go any further, she cuts me off. She says, ‘I saw No Strings on Broadway. My mother took me when I was about 10. I’ll never forget it. Diahann Carroll was the star! She sang that beautiful song’” John Hoffman revealed.
Stunned by the revelation, the director mentioned, “I was like, ‘I gotta stop you right now because this is preposterous.’” However, realizing the unnerving connection Streep shares with her character, Hoffman found it sweet. “That was the beginning of a very faithful, lovely time with her,” the director mentioned. Thus, thereafter, Only Murders in the Building featuring Selena Gomez and Paul Rudd, introduced the illustrious actress Meryl Streep.
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Source: Variety
