Ana Cora Lima
Cinema icon, Meryl Streep, 76, is considered one of the greatest actresses of the twentieth and 21st centuries. Owner of the 21 -nominational Oscar nominations record, she won in the category of best supporting actress for “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1980) and as best actress for “Sofia’s choice” (1983) and “The Iron Lady” (2012). In a recent interview, he revealed who his favorite artist is: Robert de Niro.
The actress recalled that, still in the days of the theater school, I was already idolizing the actor, 81. “He thought the most, but after watching” Taxi Driver, “I thought, ‘This is the kind of actor I want to be. I want to be like him,'” he said. In the film directed by Martin Scorsese, by Niro plays Travis Bickle, a veteran of Vietnam who, suffering from incurable insomnia, goes to work as a taxi driver during the nights in New York. In the streets, he observes the urban decay of a city that, in his eyes, looked more like a gigantic garbage deposit.
She praised her colleague by profession: “I love working with him because she is meticulous, committed to the moment. He does not tolerate falsehood and is always looking for emotional truth in the scene. Working with him is a challenge – but he is brilliant,” defined the actress, who has played with names like Dustin Hoffman, Leonardo Dicaprio, Robert Redford, Al Pacino and John Cazale – In the 1970s – among others.
Meryl Streep also said, according to the newspaper La Nación, that during John Cazale’s treatment against lung cancer, she and her partner faced financial difficulties. At the time, by Niro intervened with director Michael Cimino to ensure that the couple be cast for the movie “The Franco Shooter” (1978). In addition, he offered to fund his friend’s health insurance.
Streep and Niro played together in two other films: “Falling in love” (1984), romantic drama about two strangers who know each other in a bookstore during Christmas, and “Marvin’s Room” (1996), who follows the reunion of two sisters with contrasting lives and personalities.
Source: Folha
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