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  • 2019-09-18 (xsd:date)
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  • Is This Meryl Streep Riding the Subway After Failing an Audition? (en)
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  • In late 2015, a Meryl L. Streep Facebook page posted the following item and photograph about the actress' supposed experience auditioning for the 1976 film King Kong and being told that she was too ugly for the role: This post was based on an underlying truth: During a January 2015 appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Streep described how at the beginning of her film career she was up for role of the female lead in a mid-1970's remake of King Kong, produced by Italian filmmaker Dino De Laurentiis. De Laurentiis' son, having spotted Streep in a play, brought her to meet his father for consideration for the role. At that meeting, according to Streep, the elder De Laurentiis asked his son in Italian, Why do you bring me this ugly thing? to which Streep replied, also in Italian, I'm sorry I’m not beautiful enough to be in 'King Kong': However, the Facebook post reproduced above departed from literal accuracy in several aspects: The role that Streep missed out on went to another relatively unknown actress of similar age making her big screen debut, Jessica Lange. (en)
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