Fresh off her record 21st Oscar nomination for “The Post,” Meryl Streep is setting her sights on the Emmys: the three-time Oscar and three-time Emmy winner has joined the second season of “Big Little Lies,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Streep will play Mary Louise Wright (fun fact: Streep’s birth name is Mary Louise), the mother of Alexander Skarsgard’s Perry Wright, who — spoiler alert! — died in the first season finale. Mary Louise drops by Monterey because she’s concerned about the well-being of her grandchildren after her son’s death.
This means we’ll definitely get some screentime between Streep and Nicole Kidman, who plays Skarsgard’s widow Celeste and with whom Streep co-starred, albeit with no shared scenes, in “The Hours” (2002). (Dear David E. Kelley: Please be sure to write a scene with Kidman screaming “I’m dying in this town!” in Streep’s face. Thanks!
Streep will play Mary Louise Wright (fun fact: Streep’s birth name is Mary Louise), the mother of Alexander Skarsgard’s Perry Wright, who — spoiler alert! — died in the first season finale. Mary Louise drops by Monterey because she’s concerned about the well-being of her grandchildren after her son’s death.
This means we’ll definitely get some screentime between Streep and Nicole Kidman, who plays Skarsgard’s widow Celeste and with whom Streep co-starred, albeit with no shared scenes, in “The Hours” (2002). (Dear David E. Kelley: Please be sure to write a scene with Kidman screaming “I’m dying in this town!” in Streep’s face. Thanks!
- 1/24/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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