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Who wouldn't want Meryl Streep to play your mum!
Sienna Miller tells us about new series, Extrapolations.
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When asked if she can say who Meryl is playing, Miller hesitated and reiterated that Meryl would play her mother and "one other part." This last line is interesting, as it suggests that Streep's role is being kept under wraps. I don't know why this would be, unless there's something special or different about it that they don't want to spoil. Maybe it's that she has more of a lead role that runs through several episodes. Maybe Sienna simply doesn't know if she's supposed to talk about characters other than her own in the series. I remember seeing a clip with director Scott Z. Burns talking about Meryl being in a certain episode, which made it sound like her participation was limited to that one. That still may be, but Sienna Miller's cagey response in this interview has me even more intrigued.
What confirmed for me that this is likely an episodic anthology is Sienna's comment that "[hers] is set in 2046" implying she has a singular episode. It's plausible that Meryl has multiple roles, as Burns did write The Laundromat, after all...and she definitely did more than one part there, for better or worse.
ReplyDeleteYeah I got the same impression. Regardless I hope it turns out being more substantial than I'd thought!
DeleteI hope so too, what person would cast Meryl and not try to make the most of her?
ReplyDeleteRight?! Although who knows what the original script called for.
DeleteMy theory is Mother Nature, which would make sense to why Sienna said she’s someone else’s mom…
ReplyDeleteWhat I hear Sienna say is "my Mom as well as another part." Doesn't sound like she's playing someone else's mother as well.
DeleteWell yeah she’s not gonna spoil it…
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