Hollywood stars Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep are not only successful actors in their own right, but they are also winners of the coveted Oscar for their performances. While Meryl Streep is a 3-time recipient which includes Best Actress nods for her roles in Sophie’s Choice and The Iron Lady, she is also the most nominated actor with a staggering 21 nominations in total.
Bullock meanwhile took her blockbuster success to the next level by winning the Oscar in 2009 for her memorable performance in The Blind Side. Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep also share an interesting connection that involved a hilarious incident surrounding their Academy Award wins.
Sandra Bullock Kissed Meryl Streep For Revenge
The 2010 Critics Movie Choice Awards were memorable not just for the films and performances that won awards but also for a specific incident that took place between Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep who were both nominated together that year. The Speed star famously locked lips with The Devil Wears Prada actor on stage creating a huge buzz on social media. It was later learned that the kiss was part of a running prank between the two Oscar winners.
Speaking on the Graham Horton Show, Bullock explained the backstory and said that she was thrilled and overwhelmed to have won the Oscar especially since she beat three-time winner and Oscar veteran Streep to take home the award. But The Iron Lady star heckled her the entire time and post her win, even played a brutal prank on her. To quote Bullock,
“And up comes this nice bottom part with, like, three dead orchids on it. The note on the flowers, said, “Die b—-. Love, Meryl.”After that, It was no-holds-barred. I had to take Meryl down.”
Bullock got her revenge by then “humiliating” Streep with a smooch on television, for the whole world to see and triumphantly stated that she killed her fellow actor with her kisses.
Meryl Streep Has A History Of Epic Pranks
Multiple Oscar winner Meryl Streep is legendary not just for her iconic performances but also for her wicked sense of humor. While Sandra Bullock was one actor who was at the receiving end of Streep’s caustic wit, the veteran has roasted many of her colleagues as well. One of her scapegoats was The Iron Lady director Phyllida Lloyd who received a voicemail from Streep pretending to be Margeret Thatcher herself. Lloyd who worked with Meryl Streep on Mamma Mia!, revealed,
“I was shopping in Selfridges when I first heard her speak as Margaret Thatcher. She sent me a voice note on my telephone, her first attempt at speaking. And I just sat down and thought I was listening to Margaret Thatcher.”
Speaking of Streep’s uncanny and moving performance as Thatcher in the film, Lloyd said that it was fitting that the American actor played the British Prime Minister as it paralleled Margeret Thatcher being an outsider in a male-dominated world.
Source: Huffington Post
