


There’s a name for this condition as it turns out, Meryl-noma Streep-tococcus. Not that I crossed her, well, I was her, in the sense that she played, essentially me, in my semi-autobiographical screenplay Postcards from the Edge.Īfter Postcards premiered, I began daily to see the pain and disappointment in the eyes of my family and friends every time I wasn’t Meryl. Carrie Fisher talks about Meryl Streep and ‘Postcards from the Edge’įisher explained that she found out the “hard way” that one does not try to best Streep. Following the bug-crusher joke, Fisher went on to compliment the actor on her inspiring performance chops.

Who would have thought that Streep would have something in common with her later character, The Witch from Into the Woods: “don’t ever never ever mess around with greens.” Except, in real life, especially her raspberries.
