Recently Meryl Streep mentioned that the lockdown really got to her. When she got back to work on the movie Don’t Look Up it was like she had literally forgotten how to act. The 3 time Oscar winner revealed that she was really in a bad place after spending time in the COVID lockdown. That then lead to her feeling like an amateur on set. Luckily though Jonah Hill was there to help. Yeah, you read that right Jonah Hill helped Meryl Streep out of our her acting slump.
Meryl Streep’s COVID Lockdown Woes
“I didn’t feel funny in the lockdown,[but] When I would come in to shoot my stuff, [I’d] get out of the car and hadn’t spoken to anybody in three weeks.”
Jonah Hill Was Able To Pull Meryl Streep Out Of The Slump
“I just lost it. I forgot how to act, I forgot what I was about. It sort of dismantles your humanity, to be isolated like that. But thank god for Jonah, because he kept us laughing.”
Jonah Echoed Meryl’s Sentiment, It Seems They Had A Blast Working Together
“I had so much fun, once we were in that Oval Office it was so cool, because it was a bunch of people I either know really well and/or deeply respect. It was like, oh my god, we can joke around together. Meryl was so rad, not because of your stature in your art, but because of how fun and funny you were in the pocket of this character.”