Exhausted
Because the director insisted on a stunt that Streep couldn’t do because she was too tired. Streep hopped on a raft and paddled down the river, but the raft toppled over, nearly drowning her. When she was released in 1994, she alerted the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, and she told the director, “I really feel quite sure if I say that I’m too tired to do something that we have to assume I’m telling the truth.”
Exhausted
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Pushing Her Over The Edge
Then there was the incident that happened on one of her prior film sets. In the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer, Streep’s co-star Dustin Hoffman employed the tactic to severely push her over the edge. More information regarding what transpired has become accessible over time.
Pushing Her Over The Edge
