Meryl Streep says that Dustin Hoffman slapped him in the scene "Kramer against Kramer"
He would also browse it to withdraw a performance.
When it was released in 1979, Kramer against Kramer was extremely acclaimed by criticism and great success with viewers. Over the years, stories have come out of the realization of the film which can, for some people, overshadow its dramatic impact. Kramer against Kramer stars Meryl Streep And Dustin Hoffman As a former couple sailing in their divorce and his battle for the custody on their young son. It took the two conduits to channel intense emotions and, and, In the opinion of Streep , Hoffman "exceeded" when it was a question of trying to provoke a reaction from him. The triple winner of the Oscars affirmed in an interview of the decades later that Hoffman actually slapped it when they were turning a particularly physical scene, which it did not think it was necessary. Read the rest to find out more about this incident and their working relationship in general.
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Streep and Hoffman both received raves for their performance.
Kramer against Kramer was one of the first Streep films, which was released the same year as Manhattan And a year later The deer hunter . Hoffman, who is 12 years older than Streep ,, was already well established in his career and had played in films of which The graduation ,, Midnight cowboy , And All the men of the president. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
The divorce drama that gathered them has become a major success. At the 1980 Academy Awards, Kramer against Kramer was nominated for nine prices and won five, including the best actor for Hoffman, the best support actress for Streep and the best film.
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Streep confirmed that the rumor Hoffman had really struck him was true.
For years, a rumor persisted in Hollywood that Hoffman had actually struck Streep during the shooting. In a 2018 interview, The New York Times request Streep if it was true . "That's when we did Kramer against Kramer "Said the actor now aged 74." It's difficult because when you are an actor, you are in a scene, you must feel free. I'm sure I have inadvertently injured people in physical scenes. But there are a certain amount of forgiveness in there. "
Although she said she was forgiving her co-star, Streep added that she still didn't think what he did was right.
"But that was my first film, and it was my first grip in my first film, and he just slapped me," she continued. "And you see it in the film. It was going beyond. But I think these things are corrected at the moment. And they are not politically corrected more. So it's a good thing."
A Streep biography includes more disturbing details.
Michael Schulman unauthorized star biography, She again: Become Meryl Streep , was published in 2016. A section of the book was adapted in A published article by Vanity and he includes a report of Kramer against Kramer slap.
"Dustin and Meryl took their positions on the other side of the apartment door. Then something happened that shocked not only Meryl but everyone on the set. Just before their entry, Dustin le Gifled hard on the cheek, leaving a red mark, "writes Schulman. "[Director Robert] Benton Heard the slap and seen Meryl take care of the corridor. We died, he thought. The photo is dead. She will raise us with the Screen Actors Guild. Instead, Meryl continued and played the scene ... Regarding Joanna's distress without taking a slap to the face, but Dustin had taken additional measures. And he hadn't finished. ""
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The book also claims that Hoffman would take Streep about his deceased partner.
Schulman's biography also includes reports that Hoffman has tried to arouse Streep emotions by raising the name of his recently deceased partner, actor John Cazale . He wrote that the actor would whisper "the name in his ear, planting the anxiety seeds".
"He made it the cut and provoked it," said the producer Richard Fischoff said Schulman. "Use things he knew about his personal life and on John to get the answer he thought It should give in performance. ""
Presence of Streep performance throughout several sockets in the emotional audience room, Benton said: "A part of the pleasure she had to take is to show Dustin that she had No need to be slapped. She could have delivered anything to anyone at any time. "
As indicated by People , the executive biography of the studio Man: Sherry Lansing and the manufacture of a Hollywood floor by Stephen Galloway Includes the assertions that Hoffman launched a wine glass During a scene without warning Streep first, leaving it with glass shards in her hair.
Hoffman was also accused of sexual harassment.
In 2017, Hoffman was accused sexual harassment a 17 -year -old trainee on the set of Death of a seller in 1985. according to The Hollywood Reporter , Hoffman, now 86, replied: "I have the greatest respect for women and I feel terrible that everything I could have done could have put it in an uncomfortable situation. I am sorry. This does not reflect who I am. "
In light of this assertion, an interview with Streep published by Time In 1979, he resurfaced. As indicated by Entertainment tonight , while Talk about meeting Hoffman For the first time, she would have said: "He came to me and said:" I am Dustin - Burp - Hoffman ", and he put his hand on my chest." What a heinous pig "I thought."
The Streep representative has published a statement saying that the Time The article was not a "precise rendering of this meeting". The press release continued: "There was an offense and it is something for which Dustin apologized, and Meryl accepted this."
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