They had played a mother and son duo in “Simples Secrets” in 1998. Two decades later, Leonardo DiCaprio found Meryl Streep in “Don’t Look Up”, available on Netflix. And for the actor, there is a catch.
After pointing an accusing finger at the economic dysfunctions in The Big Short, those political in Vice, Adam McKay concludes his cinematic triptych with Don’t Look Up (Netflix) and catastrophic climate change. Two scientists try to warn of the dangers of a comet darkening the Earth. A situation that could really exist? The filmmaker has assembled an impressive Hollywood cast for his film. The headliners Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, paid 20% less than his partner, are supported by Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet… and by the iconic Meryl Streep. In a sequence of the comedy feature film, the septuagenarian, playing the role of President of the United States, is visible, from behind, walking entirely naked. Corn as reported AlloCine, Monday December 27, the actor of Titanic would have objected, on the film set, that the star of Devil wears Prada shouldn’t shoot this naked scene. Besides, an alternate ending was planned.
“He didn’t like seeing her with the tattoo on her lower back, walking naked even for a second. He said something to me like, ‘Do you really need to show this?’ And I was like, ‘This is President Orlean, this is not Meryl Streep.’ But she didn’t blink. She didn’t even mention it“, explained Adam McKay to Guardian. To defend his main interpreter and justify his statements, the director clarified that “Leo considers Meryl to be a movie deity“. Enough to make people accept that he has a problem with this scripted passage?
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What can be interpreted as a demonstration of patriarchy ready to smile. Meryl Streep would not even have bothered to react to this controversy, swept aside by the boxing of the maligned plan. If it is important to question the need for the nude in cinema, which almost exclusively concerns female characters, the actress is able to manage her image without the opinion of her young colleague. Especially since a buttock lining would have finally been used by the production …