The incredibly accomplished, versatile, and astounding actress has one of the most glorious careers of all time in the film industry. Holding the record for the most Oscar nominations (twenty-one!), she has been phenomenal in all roles she has undertaken.
There was no way that the once 26-year-old actress, still to make her big screen debut, would have known the illustrious path that lay ahead for her. The Oscar-winning actress fondly recounted an incident she faced when an Oscar-winning producer called her too ugly to be in his film, right to her face.
Meryl Streep Was Once Called Too Ugly For King Kong
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Meryl Streep made an appearance on The Graham Norton Show with James McAvoy and Mark Ruffalo back in 2015. The Golden Globes Awardee revealed that there was once a time that she was considered too ugly to star in the famous King Kong. She recounted how Federico De Laurentiis, son of the Oscar-winning producer Dino De Laurentiis, encouraged her to audition for the role of the lead actress in the De Laurentiis’ remake of King Kong. De Laurentiis junior had apparently seen her in a play and was quite smitten by her excellent acting.
“His son had seen me in a play and so I went up to the top of the Gulf and Western building that like the 33rd floor and he had this amazing office that looked all over Manhattan. He was back there and I walked in and his son was sitting there very excited that he brought in this new actress and the father said to his son in Italian because I understand ‘che brutta’, you know why do you bring me this ugly thing.”
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“So I said to him… I understand what you’re saying, I am sorry I am not beautiful enough to be in King Kong.”
