Meryl Streep “had beef” with her Death Becomes Her co-star Goldie Hawn during filming in 1992.
Speaking to Vanity Fair on Thursday, she reflected on some of her most iconic roles, including dark comedies, before recalling her on-set issues with Hawn.
“Goldie, she was always late to set,” Streep recalled. “And I’m always punctual, which is a nuisance.”
“But she was so adorable,” Streep added. “I remember she was in a red convertible and drove herself to the set, so maybe that was the problem.
“She drove herself to the set,” she continued. “She had all this hair…’Oh, sorry!’ and everyone thought, ‘Oh, she’s so cute.’ I agree. So I had beef with her. ”
However, the “The Devil Wears Prada” star called their time together on set “stupid and wonderful.”
“We just laughed,” Streep told the magazine. “We had so much fun, and she really is the biggest laugher in America. She laughs like, ‘Ahahaha!'” And then they have to stop shooting. But that part was fun. ”
She also revealed that there was no real conflict between them, gushing that Hawn was “one of her friends.”
Streep said, “We’ve been laughing about that movie for years because people love it. We thought it was like a Beverly Hills documentary.”
“Death Becomes Her” depicts the bitter feud between actress Madeline (Streep) and her former friend Helen (Horn) over a plastic surgeon (Bruce Willis).
Streep said of his other co-star, “Oh, Bruce was divine.
“I think he was a bad kid on set, and he had a bit of a reputation for being difficult, but we had a lot of fun with him,” she said of Willis, who suffers from frontotemporal dementia. “He was such a gentleman, so game, so willing to be silly. I thought he was great.”
Upon its release, Death Becomes Her was a box office success, debuting at number one and grossing over $12 million that weekend alone.
The film grossed over $58.4 million domestically and $90.6 million overseas.
In 2024, the cult classic is turned into a Broadway musical comedy.
