Meryl Streep has shared that she once had a playful gripe with a former co-star while filming together.
The award-winning actor is heading back to the big screen to reprise her famously fearsome fashion editor, Miranda Priestly, in the upcoming sequel to The Devil Wears Prada.
She’ll be reuniting with several familiar faces from the 2006 hit, including Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci, alongside a number of new names joining the cast.
As excitement builds for the follow-up, Streep looked back on some of her past projects in a Vanity Fair interview. During the conversation, she also reflected on a memorable on-set dynamic from Death Becomes Her, the 1992 dark comedy in which she starred opposite Goldie Hawn.
According to Streep, her mock “beef” centered on one habit Hawn had during production.
Recalling their time on set together, Streep said: “Goldie, she was always late to set. And I’m always on time, you know, and annoying.”
Streep then described how Hawn would arrive, often after driving herself in a convertible—something Streep jokingly suggested may have contributed to the delays.
She said: “But she was so adorable. “She had a red convertible, I remember, and she’d drive herself to set. So that was probably the problem.
“She’d drive herself to set. She had her hair all … ‘Oh gosh, sorry!’ And everybody thought, ‘Oh, she’s so cute.’ Yeah. So I had a beef with her.”
Even so, Streep stressed that their time making the film was a joy overall, describing the experience as a blast and praising Hawn’s infectious sense of humor.
Streep said: “We just laughed. We just had a lot of fun. And she’s the best laugher in America, really. She laughs like, ‘Ahahaha!’ And then they have to stop shooting. But that part was fun.”
And to avoid any confusion, Streep underscored that the “beef” was entirely tongue-in-cheek. She indicated the two have remained friendly, and that the movie has continued to be a source of shared jokes over the years.
She said: “Over the years, we’ve had some laughs about that movie because people love it. I thought it was like a documentary on Beverly Hills.”
As for The Devil Wears Prada sequel, it will once again place Hathaway’s Andy in Miranda Priestly’s orbit—this time with Andy returning as a more established professional, having built a career as a reporter.