Her boyfriend who died John Cazale probably has the shortest and most impressive filmography of anyone. The Godfather I and II, Deerhunter, The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon and thats it. He was only in 5 feature films.
I have to brush up on the conversation and deerhunter cause I've only seen them once but damn was he good in the godfathers as Fredo. But My favorite of his had to be Sal from Dog Day Afternoon. Wish we got more of his brilliance
@@JuanCarlos-wr8so - People say what a great Actor John Cazale was. Al Pacino said he learned more about Acting from John Cazale than anyone else. I don't remember him too well from The Deerhunter ( I haven't seen that Movie in years) or the Conversation. But I thought he played the same type of Schmiel character in The Godfather MOvies as well as Dog Day Afternoon. It would have been interesting if Cazale didn't die so young and he could have played different characters- stronger and more Heroic characters.
Meryl is a sweetheart.....not your typical Hollywood star. She is actually easy do get along with and directors love working with her because of her personality.
They didn't like each other and it's kinda sad, but I believe that really provided to the brilliance of this movie and their respective performances. At the end when he tells her that she looked terrific, she was taken aback because such kindness was rare on his part, and her soft surprise really provided to the beauty of the scene and the movie. Kramer Vs. Kramer is brilliant.
The issue is that Meryl acts well even without behind the scenes drama - that’s why she’s actor that’s her job - if that’s what Dustin needed fine but Meryl didn’t need it - probably part of what upset her about him
@@maximilian2974- What I said was the Truth. Dustin said a lot of nice things about Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep talks all the time about how he actually hit her- really Slapped her in that scene in the Restauraunt. I guess Dustin may have gone overboard with being a A Method Actor, but I don't think she substained any real injuires from that Slap. Dustin probably could have fired her for being disresctful and probably ruined her Career, but he didn't. He didn't say during the INterview what a Bitch she was making a Big Deal Deal about a little Slap, but he didn't. He just said nice things about her.
and also when dustin mentions they let her write her own scene which was the courtroom scene dustin was very agressive that he did not want meryl to be allowed to do that and was reportedly very angry when she was allowed.its been reported that he didnt want her to have any experiance with doing her own thing such as writing her own scene or even collaborating.
That´s why that movie was so great, two actors that were young and hungry, ready to make the best impression possible using their talents, not how they look or profanity or explosion, just talent
It's so funny that his ego wouldn't permit him to tell the full version about the director using Meryl's script...over HIS (and everyone elses) Hoffman was convinced that his would be chosen and was deeply upset and offended that Meryl who was far less experienced and a relative newcomer had written a better script (it would be interesting to know whether the 'slapping' event happened before or after this). They are both suspiciously polite about eachother in interviews which says it all really.
Meryl has mentioned it numerous times in interviews that Dustin slapped her. He was mad that his then girlfriend Kate Jackson did not get Meryl's part. Meryl also mentions that he was upset that her version of the court room scene was used and not his.
Kate Jackson was not Hofman's girlfriend. And she DID GET the part without his help. She was first choice but the Charlie's Angels producers forced her to turn it down. So Streep got the part.
@@originalangelsforever6535 I didn´t like Kate Jackson, she never showed any expression, I am happy Meryl took the part. Who knows how it would have been with Kate but may be not the great movie as it was.
Meryl Streep had been in the television miniseries 'Holocaust' she also had been in Fred zinnemann's 'Julia' and Michael Cimino's 'Deer Hunter' and, most prominently, in woody Allen's 'Manhattan' She was new, but a pretty well-known actor by the time she had made 'Kramer vs Kramer'
If there is such thing as freakish talent, Streep has it. Even in what turns out to a bad idea for a movie, she could make her role shine. She could play everything. But give the other actresses a chance to work, Meryl. They have bills to pay too. Sheeesh!
@Kathy Yearwood Yes, Meryl and John Cazale were engaged to be married, she stuck with him through his brain cancer when they were filming The Deer Hunter together. He was an amazing actor in his own right.
Dustin was going through an identical period to Kramer vs. Kramer in real life; a divorce going very antagonistic, and so he took all that rage to set. No wonder he won the Oscar a year later…
Yes they didnt get along then, BUT it sure did make the movie even better because in it you can tell they didnt like each other so it worked out for the movie, some times art is a bitch.
Kate Jackson's career would've had a very different trajectory had she been allowed to accept the role in Kramer VS Kramer. If you see her in interviews she is still very bitter to this day.
Yes, totally understandable. God, I would be bitter, too. Kate Jackson was/is a very talented and committed actress. Sadly also very underrated. Just because she was a Charlie's Angel? So unfair. The fact that she landed that role on "K vs K" because director Robert Benton had seen her on „Charlie’s Angels“ speaks volumes about her acting skills and charisma! The "Kramer" team wanted "somebody who has an enormous presence and skill“. Robert Benton: "In the spring of 1978, we had meetings with Kate Jackson [to play Joanna Kramer]. She was terrific, but the network began throwing up obstacles because of their scheduling for Charlie's Angels. We said, "Sooner or later, they are going to make it impossible.“ Which is exactly what the CA producers Spelling and Goldberg did... Shame on them! In 1981 Kate Jackson did "Making Love" a controversial and ahead of its time movie. Since the topic was homosexuality the movie didn't do well at the boxoffice although it was a very good and important movie. The cast was awesome with Kate Jackson, Michael Ontkean and Harry Hamlin. Jackson's performance was Oscar-worthy but sadly she missed a nomination by only one vote.
Hoffman was more of a method actor, similar to the way Daniel Day Lewis is. On Marathon Man supposedly he stayed awake for over 30 hours before shooting one of his scenes in the dentist chair to portray a man confused and terrified by what was happening to him and also something about asking them to hold him under water longer to make the scene more believable. These types cannot be the most easy actors to work with as they will stay in character the whole time , pushing themselves. I am guessing they expect their co stars to do the same
So while talking about Meryl Sleep he actually made it all about HIMSELF (allegedly) being the one who helped Meryl get a breakthrough as an actress - by not only saying that it was HIM who persuaded the one in charge to choose her, but ALSO claim that she could not speak up for herself, so of course he took the honour for her getting the right role! AND the slap… !!! He really seems like ‘a lovely guy’ (not)
@Natasha249 He slapped her during a scene, but they didn't use that take,. In the KvK you can see the red mark on her face. But it's not like he just walked up and slapped her one day for nothing. Their acting styles didn't mesh and they didn't really get along on set, but they're both over it. I love Meryl too :)
By his presentation, the "not-yet-known-Meryl" owes him being in the film, and giving her the platform to take off where is right now. Yeah right, @$$hole! (roll eyes). Meryl Streep would still be *Meryl* *Streep* --simply cuz she's brilliant!
Meryl has never forgiven him for slapping her face really hard off screen in a patronising effort to 'help' her get into 'the zone' prior to the scene where she leaves him. They have never worked together since and don't actually like eachother. He was also really upset and angry that the director chose Meryl's script over his for the courtroom scene, he'd invited all major cast and production staff to each write a version of Meryl's speech and Meryl's was by far the best one.
in an interview meryl said that upon meeting dustin for the first time he belched in her face and she said he had just eaten something garlicy or oniony it was a strong stench anyway,she's mentioned in a sixty minutes interview recently that he slapped her during a take and said she didnt like working with him.the video is meryl streep talking about who's she's acted with or something by sixty minutes.
Mark Basnight Streep recently said in an interview with Jonathan Ross that he had slapped her off camera, because he thought she wasn't upset enough in a scene.. And that is quite a horrible thing to do
+Mark Basnight - Don't act like you get it. You don't get it. Acting is pretending, it is emulating and it is as fake as the blood in the Saw franchise. To slap someone (without consent) to become more upset is not acting. It's real and it's horrible.
Nice of you Dustin, when the whole world knew Meryl hated working with you! And... your reputation has proceeded you in every film. Difficult, pompous, and not a great acting partner. She was very new yes, so she probably had to "act" like she enjoyed it!
From what i've read about this slapping incident he slapped her much harder than what the script called for. I've seen Meryl talk about this a lot since and i get the impression that Hoffman is a complete bastard toward his female co-stars and frankly a bit of a perv. There's been various sexual asault and misconduct acusations made toward him.
Give me a Break. Meryl always said nice things about Harvey Weinstein even calling him a God till his Downfall. Her Worst acting performance was insistencing that she Didn't know.
Yes there is its on CBS news. 60 Minutes if you search it you will find it....Its quite an interview. I just googled it but youtube wont let me post it here :/
from all of I have read and seen of Streep and Hoffman and their professional relationship I get the impression that He really didn't care of Her as a person, her acting ability aside.
I saw this movie at 6 or 7 years old, at the drive-in, with my mother. Of course, didn,t get nothing from the story of the movie, just remember how my mother was absorbed by the film and emotional, that was one of first movie who articulate how women felt imprisonment from motherhood, something my mother had struggle a lot-and let us know. The only real thing I remember from the movie, its when the kid drop in the playground and hurt. He was my age, I was traumatised...and was not able for the rest of my childhood to go up one of those kid play ensemble. too scare.
there's an interview that meryl did by sixty minutes,it was a behind the scenes thing,cant remember what its called off the top of my head,but in it the interviewer asks meryl about the men she's worked with.she doesnt outright say she doesnt like him but her facial expression and her tone when she describes the way he treated her kinda hint around.she tells how he burped in her face on meeting her for the first time,in others she's mentioned being pissed about the glass incident and he hit her.
She refers to Dustin being a "Method" actor, implying why he treated her so badly b/c he wants her to dislike him for real so that their characters' antagonistic relationship in the film comes across as real.
1) I'm sure he was doing drugs at the time, he's said as much. 2) I'm sure he hit her in a drug addled state. 3) He may very well not have told her about his plan to do so 4) It did become part of the performance. 5) At that time safe actors didn't work. when acting is safe, it's predictable and dull. Safe acting is now more in vogue, because the excitement comes from the CG, not the risks the actors take 6) I don't think people realize what actors mean when they say they take risks. people aren't predictable, they do stupid things for reasons only they can fathom. as an actor to find those reasons means finding something stupid to do that is meaningful. In order to do that it takes finding a lot of stupid things to do that are meaningless and refining it down to the best ones. Taking risks, early in your career, means giving performances and doing things that probably should make everyone hate you.
There's NEVER an excuse to hit another actor without it being scripted, rehearsed, or talked about beforehand. And anyway, acting slaps are NOT supposed to be full on slaps or even make contact at all (depending on the angle the shot is being filmed). That's not what it means to take risks. Not even close.
I learned this the hard way. I was in a play with an egotistical co-star and in the play he slaps his wife (me), but he actually hated me and the slaps were real. When someone hates you and they slap you, you REALLY feel it. That coupled with the fact that i tried to resolve this tension between us so we can properly communicate because communication is key in anything, but he refused to talk to me. On the last night of the show, I slapped him back after he had slapped me. The director and the audience loved it apparently, but I knew better. I still feel regretful 'til this day- even though he had it coming.
no they arent friends at all, one of the people in her biography that is close with her even admitts to it and dustin did slap meryl before the scene where she left in the movie to get her to cry and be very emotion, the director meryl and dustin have said that before.
Waaaaaaay funny.......Dustin talks about Meryl like they were BFF's while they were shooting KRAMMER VS KRAMMER. Listen to Meryl's version of the story, she couldn't stand the lil fucker.....he cracked her across the face + smacked a wine glass that shattered almost right into Meryl's face. Both times while the camera was still rolling. To be fair, she also mentioned although Dustin's not 'fun' dude to work with, he's 'gifted'. Love & Respect__________mykey from toronto
In "Kramer" story goes in the final climactic scene when Meryl comes down the elevator to give up her parental rights, Hoffman didn't like the way she played the scene. He wanted her shedding tears to make it more dramatic. When she didn't cry, Dustin SLAPPED her to get the desired results. Neither actor has ever denied this when asked about it during promoting Kramer, but reporters don't dare to bring it up anymore after all this time. If true, it speaks volumes about the A-Hole Hoffman is and his so-called "method acting" ! Nowadays an actor can get fired for this behavior. The class act that Streep is, she has never badmouthed the actors she's worked with no matter how difficult they were tho Julia Roberts drove her crazy while working together in "Osage August". They don't love Streep in Hollywood for nothing, you know !
No. It was a previous take. It could of had made it into the movie if is would have been good. It was part of the acting, and he couldn't tell her because then the surprise in her face wouldn't have been genuine.
It's called acting because you FAKE doing things...otherwise people might as well actually kill each other in action movies so that the brutality is genuine. No one has the right to hurt soneone else without getting permission first...no matter the circumstance
I’m here solely to crap on him. Why the heck did he feel the need to slap her? He’s walking around praising her and saying that he knew she was brilliant yet he felt the need to abuse her verbally and physically. That phone call ain’t gonna do much. Meryl said that if he would’ve done that know she would’ve actually taken him to court.
I am his biggest fan on EARTH.. I have watched all his movies so far n I am DYING to meet him atleast once.. He is the BEST actor in the History of Universe, not just now but in the millions of years to come...!!
Me either @RoseLippedMaiden I heard in a biography special on Meryl that he couldn't stand her and that they didnt get along @ all...and thats why they never worked together again after "K v. K"....
I can see what you're saying when it comes to DeNiro with Micky Rourk and every Republican hating him. I can understand that about Pesci with his mob connections, but Pacino? He's maybe the most popular actor of his caliber in Hollywood. I've never heard a bad word about him from anyone. Meanwhile, Hoffman has a reputation for being hard to work with.
when I found out that Dustin slapped Meryl just before a scene while filming "Kramer vs. Kramer" (on the Jonathan Ross interview with Meryl) to make her more emotional in the role, I really can't look at him in the same light...yeah, he's a good actor but no man should hit a woman no matter how famous he is...
Doubt he has her number. Didn't he slap her for real before they filmed a scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. And didn't he get jealous of her because she got to write her own courtroom scene. I don't think he likes her that much. But who cares she's the best actress ever and that's that. So Dustin eat cake!
oh, poor meryl. I never put two and two together that Merl made Kramer vs Kramer right after John Cazale died. Poor sweetheart, no wonder she seems so fragile.
yes. he slapped her. meryl confirmed that. she even spoke about it on her afi tribute. he slapped her out of nowhere. there was a story that said dustin just want meryl to be prepared for the scene. but hell, you don't have to slap somebody! meryl can do acting herself. she said that in an interview jonathan ross show.
I believe, if I remember the "tabloids" of the time correctly, Dustin and Kate Jackson were dating at the time they were considering her for the role in Kramer vs Kramer.
I don't know if Dustin and Kate dated. She was with Warren Beatty at the time. Oh the tabloids... Kate Jackson got the role because the "Kramer" team wanted "somebody who has an enormous presence and skill“. Robert Benton: "In the spring of 1978, we had meetings with Kate Jackson [to play Joanna Kramer]. She was terrific, but the network began throwing up obstacles because of their scheduling for Charlie's Angels. We said, "Sooner or later, they are going to make it impossible.“ Which is exactly what the CA producers Spelling and Goldberg did... Shame on them!
there had planned to marry the following christmas of the year he died....the only thing i didn't like what meryl did...she got married 6 months after john cazale died..i always thought that was poor timing.
Why would that bother you? Cazale was battling cancer & Streep took care of him during that time. So, how long do you expect her to grieve over his death before she moves on?
This guy has been phoning it in for the past 20 years or more while she is still hitting it as an A-lister at 70! Somebody here said he was the greatest living actor? Really? For my money he does not come close as the living greats we still have or in comparison to anyone else in the past. He was a navel-staring method actor that Mike Nichols ideally cast for The Graduate. He is forever Hoffman whether in a wig as Tootsie or any other role. Streep was already in the spotlight when this guy came belching and slapping his way into Kramer Vrs Kramer.
Hoffman was a much bigger star when they made Kramer vs Kramer......have you ever heard of The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Lenny, All the President's Men, Marathon Man
@@legend9948 Like a hundred thousand times. Who is the bigger star and legend now? This guy has been phoning it in with lightweight ensemble efforts for years as I said earlier. Nothing more to add.
Where is this proof that they don't like each other? People say this and that but provides no proof. As far as I know, they seemed extremely friendly toward each other at the Oscars that year, both kissing when each won respectively.
meryl & dustin are not friends but they respect each other as actors. dustin knows that meryl is a great actress but he doesnt like her guts. joanna's testimonial in the trial was all meryl.. dustin didn't like that. dustin wasn't even in meryl's afi tribute. they weren't friends. it's weird that dustin didnt like her because all of meryl's co-actors love her.
Streep's character in Kramer Vs Kramer is very unsympathetic. In fact her character is a real jerk. Immature, selfish, self centered. The studio wanted her for the part that Jobeth Williams played but Streep wanted the other part. Streep herself has said that in the script her character was even more unsympathetic but that she managed to cut out some of that. Watching the film you wonder what Ted Kramer ever saw in her in the first place.
He was 12 years older than her and at the top of his fame. His ego really was not going to let her outdo him. So he was a bit of an oaf when her character won the court case in the movie and she won the Oscar for realz.
I was young enough when Kramer Vs Kramer came out. Meryl Streep wasn’t known. I knew who Dustin Hoffman was when I saw the film. I just knew his wife as the blonde.
I keep hearing that. Why did Hoffman slap her? People keep saying that but then they just rant about how they hate Hoffman. From what I heard, he didn't seem to hate Streep.
FlamingUnicorn869 he was trying to get a "Method" performance out of her. It was a dick move because he wasn't even the director. He also berated her about her recently deceased boyfriend, actor John Cazale, right before a take, to get her "appropriately" upset and anguished. He yelled stuff about John's cancer and death, and said horrible things to her. He was a complete dick.
omg,Dustin did really slapped Meryl?! I would have never though that! it looks like they are friends, but truly their not! :-o omg, but did Meryl said to Dustin that he could do that? or did he just do it without asking her?!
It's hysterical seeing everyone blast Hoffman over these things. Some of you talk about her like she was the famous actress she became BECAUSE of that movie already. He gave her a slap. He broke a wine glass without telling her. Big F'n deal! He also provided her the opportunity to win an award for that movie. Those 2 scenes from those "incidents" gave her performance so much more authenticity that it helped her get that award. Most of those actresses back then (even today but especially then) had to suck someone, or multiple someones off to get a role like that. She got a slap and a little scare from a broken wine glass and you're complaining like you guys were there! I'll bet if you told EVERY actress that they would win an Oscar for the role you are about to put them in but they didn't have to spread their legs for it (which many of them do), they would just have to take a slap in the face and a jump scare, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM would sign instantly. I wonder how pissed she was when she marched off with that Oscar.
Sorry Meryl Streep is a great actres and she is doing great with her career she is not afraid to try new things Dustin Hoffman no offense I think he is a good actor but he has no room to judge and say crap cuz Merylvs him it would show that Meryl has the bigger career
So, he's essentially saying Meryl Streep delivered a good performance in the movie only because she was grieving a loss. That makes sense, since her acting career pretty much tanked after that.
omg,what's wrong with jaredlovr99? sorry, but siriousley! I'm very sure that Dustin did NOT slapped Meryl! and they are friends,oh my god .. you can just stop spreading rumours! that's silly of you ..
I dunno... Meryl is a good actress but she seems kind of...like she might be a bit difficult to get along with? not your open, lovable type at all. but same goes for Dustin really, he seems "difficult" too. so, ego clash, I guess.
Well many actors and directors and crew members would disagree cause many have said she's a pleasure to work with. In interviews she seems like a good person ready to get along with
If she is difficult it’s bc she stays in characters during the whole shoot. She is a method actor. Shirley MacLaine said she has no clue who the real Meryl is
Her boyfriend who died John Cazale probably has the shortest and most impressive filmography of anyone. The Godfather I and II, Deerhunter, The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon and thats it. He was only in 5 feature films.
He was as fine a character actor as this country has ever produced.
Wow all of them were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
I have to brush up on the conversation and deerhunter cause I've only seen them once but damn was he good in the godfathers as Fredo. But My favorite of his had to be Sal from Dog Day Afternoon. Wish we got more of his brilliance
@@JuanCarlos-wr8so - People say what a great Actor John Cazale was. Al Pacino said he learned more about Acting from John Cazale than anyone else. I don't remember him too well from The Deerhunter ( I haven't seen that Movie in years) or the Conversation. But I thought he played the same type of Schmiel character in The Godfather MOvies as well as Dog Day Afternoon. It would have been interesting if Cazale didn't die so young and he could have played different characters- stronger and more Heroic characters.
Meryl is a sweetheart.....not your typical Hollywood star. She is actually easy do get along with and directors love working with her because of her personality.
They didn't like each other and it's kinda sad, but I believe that really provided to the brilliance of this movie and their respective performances. At the end when he tells her that she looked terrific, she was taken aback because such kindness was rare on his part, and her soft surprise really provided to the beauty of the scene and the movie. Kramer Vs. Kramer is brilliant.
The issue is that Meryl acts well even without behind the scenes drama - that’s why she’s actor that’s her job - if that’s what Dustin needed fine but Meryl didn’t need it - probably part of what upset her about him
Dustn said nice things about her and I think he always said nice things about her. Meryl on the other hand is always bad mouthing Dustin.
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@@HoldenNY22 that's not true at all! Stop it
@@maximilian2974- What I said was the Truth. Dustin said a lot of nice things about Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep talks all the time about how he actually hit her- really Slapped her in that scene in the Restauraunt. I guess Dustin may have gone overboard with being a A Method Actor, but I don't think she substained any real injuires from that Slap. Dustin probably could have fired her for being disresctful and probably ruined her Career, but he didn't. He didn't say during the INterview what a Bitch she was making a Big Deal Deal about a little Slap, but he didn't. He just said nice things about her.
That men slapped Meryl! What’s his problem, no one slaps a legend such as Meryl Streep
If I seen that I would have punched him in the face.
she deserved it
Agree, the only person he should have ever slapped was John Oliver. If he ever spoke to me that way I would have smashed that arrogant fucks face in.
No one should slap anyone. Regardless of who they are
Never slap Meryl she is a beautiful angel
and also when dustin mentions they let her write her own scene which was the courtroom scene dustin was very agressive that he did not want meryl to be allowed to do that and was reportedly very angry when she was allowed.its been reported that he didnt want her to have any experiance with doing her own thing such as writing her own scene or even collaborating.
That´s why that movie was so great, two actors that were young and hungry, ready to make the best impression possible using their talents, not how they look or profanity or explosion, just talent
It's so funny that his ego wouldn't permit him to tell the full version about the director using Meryl's script...over HIS (and everyone elses) Hoffman was convinced that his would be chosen and was deeply upset and offended that Meryl who was far less experienced and a relative newcomer had written a better script (it would be interesting to know whether the 'slapping' event happened before or after this). They are both suspiciously polite about eachother in interviews which says it all really.
Meryl has mentioned it numerous times in interviews that Dustin slapped her. He was mad that his then girlfriend Kate Jackson did not get Meryl's part. Meryl also mentions that he was upset that her version of the court room scene was used and not his.
MspedzRN National Enquirer? 💩
Kate Jackson did not date Dustin Hoffman. Kate dated Warren Beatty.
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According to Wikipedia, Kate Jackson was never linked to Dustin Hoffman.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Jackson#Personal_life
Kate Jackson was not Hofman's girlfriend. And she DID GET the part without his help. She was first choice but the Charlie's Angels producers forced her to turn it down. So Streep got the part.
@@originalangelsforever6535 I didn´t like Kate Jackson, she never showed any expression, I am happy Meryl took the part. Who knows how it would have been with Kate but may be not the great movie as it was.
Meryl Streep had been in the television miniseries 'Holocaust' she also had been in Fred zinnemann's 'Julia' and Michael Cimino's 'Deer Hunter' and, most prominently, in woody Allen's 'Manhattan'
She was new, but a pretty well-known actor by the time she had made 'Kramer vs Kramer'
deer hunter was in post production at the time she was cast, so technically no
She took the Holocaust to pay John''s bills.
If there is such thing as freakish talent, Streep has it. Even in what turns out to a bad idea for a movie, she could make her role shine. She could play everything. But give the other actresses a chance to work, Meryl. They have bills to pay too. Sheeesh!
Kate Jackson was phenomenal in the film Making Love. I can see her in Kramer.
100% agree
if John Cazale had not passed away I bet Meryl Streep would of married him. I sometimes wonder about stuff like that. what if ??? both great actors
@Kathy Yearwood Yes, Meryl and John Cazale were engaged to be married, she stuck with him through his brain cancer when they were filming The Deer Hunter together. He was an amazing actor in his own right.
did you see the "behind the scene" of the movie? Meryl Streep said that he was mad at her. She never said that it was part of the movie.
Dustin was going through an identical period to Kramer vs. Kramer in real life; a divorce going very antagonistic, and so he took all that rage to set. No wonder he won the Oscar a year later…
@@joaoluizgraiebdefrancapint2531 But he doesn´t mention that, he only talks about her weaknesses, not his. Such a coward.
Yes they didnt get along then, BUT it sure did make the movie even better because in it you can tell they didnt like each other so it worked out for the movie, some times art is a bitch.
That happens a lot of times of movies don't they
"Her boyfriend just died, it was the perfect time to cast her" wth Dustin
Kate Jackson's career would've had a very different trajectory had she been allowed to accept the role in Kramer VS Kramer. If you see her in interviews she is still very bitter to this day.
maggietorro the movie would have won one fewer Academy Award, that's for sure
She did do "Making Love", a drama in 1982
Yes, totally understandable. God, I would be bitter, too. Kate Jackson was/is a very talented and committed actress. Sadly also very underrated. Just because she was a Charlie's Angel? So unfair. The fact that she landed that role on "K vs K" because director Robert Benton had seen her on „Charlie’s Angels“ speaks volumes about her acting skills and charisma!
The "Kramer" team wanted "somebody who has an enormous presence and skill“.
Robert Benton: "In the spring of 1978, we had meetings with Kate Jackson [to play Joanna Kramer]. She was terrific, but the network began throwing up obstacles because of their scheduling for Charlie's Angels. We said, "Sooner or later, they are going to make it impossible.“ Which is exactly what the CA producers Spelling and Goldberg did... Shame on them!
In 1981 Kate Jackson did "Making Love" a controversial and ahead of its time movie. Since the topic was homosexuality the movie didn't do well at the boxoffice although it was a very good and important movie. The cast was awesome with Kate Jackson, Michael Ontkean and Harry Hamlin. Jackson's performance was Oscar-worthy but sadly she missed a nomination by only one vote.
You can see the future???
Hoffman was more of a method actor, similar to the way Daniel Day Lewis is. On Marathon Man supposedly he stayed awake for over 30 hours before shooting one of his scenes in the dentist chair to portray a man confused and terrified by what was happening to him and also something about asking them to hold him under water longer to make the scene more believable. These types cannot be the most easy actors to work with as they will stay in character the whole time , pushing themselves. I am guessing they expect their co stars to do the same
And Olivier told him, Try acting, my dear boy 😂
So while talking about Meryl Sleep he actually made it all about HIMSELF (allegedly) being the one who helped Meryl get a breakthrough as an actress - by not only saying that it was HIM who persuaded the one in charge to choose her, but ALSO claim that she could not speak up for herself, so of course he took the honour for her getting the right role!
AND the slap… !!!
He really seems like ‘a lovely guy’ (not)
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Sounds right. I can just imagine the birth of Meryl Streep as the Star she is.
@Natasha249 He slapped her during a scene, but they didn't use that take,. In the KvK you can see the red mark on her face. But it's not like he just walked up and slapped her one day for nothing. Their acting styles didn't mesh and they didn't really get along on set, but they're both over it. I love Meryl too :)
By his presentation, the "not-yet-known-Meryl" owes him being in the film, and giving her the platform to take off where is right now. Yeah right, @$$hole! (roll eyes). Meryl Streep would still be *Meryl* *Streep* --simply cuz she's brilliant!
Meryl has never forgiven him for slapping her face really hard off screen in a patronising effort to 'help' her get into 'the zone' prior to the scene where she leaves him. They have never worked together since and don't actually like eachother. He was also really upset and angry that the director chose Meryl's script over his for the courtroom scene, he'd invited all major cast and production staff to each write a version of Meryl's speech and Meryl's was by far the best one.
Meryl said that Dustin slapped her! Leave her alone. She is a great person and she makes my sister happy. :)
She’s not , she’s a piece of shit
@@DarthRevanDistantCousin you're the piece of shit
why yes, she is a brilliant actress
Dustin slapped Meryl behind the scene (before the first scene)...I hate him just for that...
She deserved it
•• um, why do u think so? i don’t think this was an right and deserved action
•• Troll.
Helped set her up for a career and pulled her out of her depression.
He’s a method actor and that’s part of the “method”.
in an interview meryl said that upon meeting dustin for the first time he belched in her face and she said he had just eaten something garlicy or oniony it was a strong stench anyway,she's mentioned in a sixty minutes interview recently that he slapped her during a take and said she didnt like working with him.the video is meryl streep talking about who's she's acted with or something by sixty minutes.
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I hate Hoffman. Slapping Meryl is a no no. He may be a great actor but he sure isn't much of a person.
Kim Allorde It's called ACTING. Hoffman didn't slap Streep, his character slapped her character. Sheeeeesh.
Mark Basnight I found my defense case for Ray Rice!
Mark Basnight Streep recently said in an interview with Jonathan Ross that he had slapped her off camera, because he thought she wasn't upset enough in a scene.. And that is quite a horrible thing to do
+Mark Basnight - Don't act like you get it. You don't get it. Acting is pretending, it is emulating and it is as fake as the blood in the Saw franchise. To slap someone (without consent) to become more upset is not acting. It's real and it's horrible.
Thing Thang * yawn *
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Yeah, Kate Jackson would have been great in K v K. So unfair the Charlie’s Angels producers wouldn’t let her do it! They harpooned her career.
Love Ellen Burstyn and Meryl Streep 😍
I used to admire Hoffman quite a bit before. Now, not so much. We imbue actors with noble characteristics that they may not actually possess.
Meryl Streep didn't need that slap she don't deserve it he does
I love that woman's hair!
he called her an Ox
Nice of you Dustin, when the whole world knew Meryl hated working with you! And... your reputation has proceeded you in every film. Difficult, pompous, and not a great acting partner. She was very new yes, so she probably had to "act" like she enjoyed it!
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Dustin is jealous that he will never approach Meryl’s level of success. 21 Oscar noms for Meryl vs. 7 for Dustin.
From what i've read about this slapping incident he slapped her much harder than what the script called for. I've seen Meryl talk about this a lot since and i get the impression that Hoffman is a complete bastard toward his female co-stars and frankly a bit of a perv. There's been various sexual asault and misconduct acusations made toward him.
Give me a Break. Meryl always said nice things about Harvey Weinstein even calling him a God till his Downfall. Her Worst acting performance was insistencing that she Didn't know.
Yes there is its on CBS news. 60 Minutes if you search it you will find it....Its quite an interview. I just googled it but youtube wont let me post it here :/
from all of I have read and seen of Streep and Hoffman and their professional relationship I get the impression that He really didn't care of Her as a person, her acting ability aside.
I saw this movie at 6 or 7 years old, at the drive-in, with my mother. Of course, didn,t get nothing from the story of the movie, just remember how my mother was absorbed by the film and emotional, that was one of first movie who articulate how women felt imprisonment from motherhood, something my mother had struggle a lot-and let us know. The only real thing I remember from the movie, its when the kid drop in the playground and hurt.
He was my age, I was traumatised...and was not able for the rest of my childhood to go up one of those kid play ensemble. too scare.
The two best actresses in the world. Together with Jack Nicholson!!! That's the top three!
Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman are the two best "actresses" in the world?
Streep and Hoffman "Disliked one another and the film ( while great ), was nothing but a bitch session between those 2
there's an interview that meryl did by sixty minutes,it was a behind the scenes thing,cant remember what its called off the top of my head,but in it the interviewer asks meryl about the men she's worked with.she doesnt outright say she doesnt like him but her facial expression and her tone when she describes the way he treated her kinda hint around.she tells how he burped in her face on meeting her for the first time,in others she's mentioned being pissed about the glass incident and he hit her.
She refers to Dustin being a "Method" actor, implying why he treated her so badly b/c he wants her to dislike him for real so that their characters' antagonistic relationship in the film comes across as real.
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SOOOOO HARD TO BELIVE HE PLAYED HOOK!!!!!
Who’s the interviewer
Was Dustin in AFI ceremony for Merryl? I didn't see him!
1) I'm sure he was doing drugs at the time, he's said as much.
2) I'm sure he hit her in a drug addled state.
3) He may very well not have told her about his plan to do so
4) It did become part of the performance.
5) At that time safe actors didn't work. when acting is safe, it's predictable and dull. Safe acting is now more in vogue, because the excitement comes from the CG, not the risks the actors take
6) I don't think people realize what actors mean when they say they take risks. people aren't predictable, they do stupid things for reasons only they can fathom. as an actor to find those reasons means finding something stupid to do that is meaningful. In order to do that it takes finding a lot of stupid things to do that are meaningless and refining it down to the best ones. Taking risks, early in your career, means giving performances and doing things that probably should make everyone hate you.
+Drake Depew wtf are you talking about?
There's NEVER an excuse to hit another actor without it being scripted, rehearsed, or talked about beforehand. And anyway, acting slaps are NOT supposed to be full on slaps or even make contact at all (depending on the angle the shot is being filmed). That's not what it means to take risks. Not even close.
I learned this the hard way. I was in a play with an egotistical co-star and in the play he slaps his wife (me), but he actually hated me and the slaps were real. When someone hates you and they slap you, you REALLY feel it. That coupled with the fact that i tried to resolve this tension between us so we can properly communicate because communication is key in anything, but he refused to talk to me.
On the last night of the show, I slapped him back after he had slapped me. The director and the audience loved it apparently, but I knew better. I still feel regretful 'til this day- even though he had it coming.
no they arent friends at all, one of the people in her biography that is close with her even admitts to it and dustin did slap meryl before the scene where she left in the movie to get her to cry and be very emotion, the director meryl and dustin have said that before.
Waaaaaaay funny.......Dustin talks about Meryl like they were BFF's while they were shooting KRAMMER VS KRAMMER.
Listen to Meryl's version of the story, she couldn't stand the lil fucker.....he cracked her across the face + smacked a wine glass that shattered almost right into Meryl's face. Both times while the camera was still rolling.
To be fair, she also mentioned although Dustin's not 'fun' dude to work with, he's 'gifted'.
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In "Kramer" story goes in the final climactic scene when Meryl comes down the elevator to give up her parental rights, Hoffman didn't like the way she played the scene. He wanted her shedding tears to make it more dramatic. When she didn't cry, Dustin SLAPPED her to get the desired results.
Neither actor has ever denied this when asked about it during promoting Kramer, but reporters don't dare to bring it up anymore after all this time. If true, it speaks volumes about the A-Hole Hoffman is and his so-called "method acting" ! Nowadays an actor can get fired for this behavior.
The class act that Streep is, she has never badmouthed the actors she's worked with no matter how difficult they were tho Julia Roberts drove her crazy while working together in "Osage August". They don't love Streep in Hollywood for nothing, you know !
No. It was a previous take. It could of had made it into the movie if is would have been good.
It was part of the acting, and he couldn't tell her because then the surprise in her face wouldn't have been genuine.
It's called acting because you FAKE doing things...otherwise people might as well actually kill each other in action movies so that the brutality is genuine. No one has the right to hurt soneone else without getting permission first...no matter the circumstance
I’m here solely to crap on him. Why the heck did he feel the need to slap her? He’s walking around praising her and saying that he knew she was brilliant yet he felt the need to abuse her verbally and physically. That phone call ain’t gonna do much. Meryl said that if he would’ve done that know she would’ve actually taken him to court.
I am his biggest fan on EARTH.. I have watched all his movies so far n I am DYING to meet him atleast once.. He is the BEST actor in the History of Universe, not just now but in the millions of years to come...!!
@sleepypoodle,
Yeah, they don't like each other. Thats why Meryl helped him with his Dorothy Michaels voice for Tootsie
Me either @RoseLippedMaiden I heard in a biography special on Meryl that he couldn't stand her and that they didnt get along @ all...and thats why they never worked together again after "K v. K"....
DeNiro, Pacino, Pesci .... but Dustin has the most likable personality by far -
Because he slapped a woman?
I can see what you're saying when it comes to DeNiro with Micky Rourk and every Republican hating him. I can understand that about Pesci with his mob connections, but Pacino? He's maybe the most popular actor of his caliber in Hollywood. I've never heard a bad word about him from anyone. Meanwhile, Hoffman has a reputation for being hard to work with.
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Yes. I was very impressed .
when I found out that Dustin slapped Meryl just before a scene while filming "Kramer vs. Kramer" (on the Jonathan Ross interview with Meryl) to make her more emotional in the role, I really can't look at him in the same light...yeah, he's a good actor but no man should hit a woman no matter how famous he is...
Doubt he has her number. Didn't he slap her for real before they filmed a scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. And didn't he get jealous of her because she got to write her own courtroom scene. I don't think he likes her that much. But who cares she's the best actress ever and that's that. So Dustin eat cake!
oh, poor meryl. I never put two and two together that Merl made Kramer vs Kramer right after John Cazale died. Poor sweetheart, no wonder she seems so fragile.
all 5 movies got nominated for best picture oscar right ? thats an incredible distinction.
:s they talked about this in his movie "I Am Sam"
I didn't expect this to be real until I looked it up...
If someone find a proof that they don't like each other or a proof that Dustin said that Meryl was playing with him, pleas tell me!!
Thanks
Why do interviewers keep interrupting, oh yeah, because they are terrible.
yes. he slapped her. meryl confirmed that. she even spoke about it on her afi tribute. he slapped her out of nowhere. there was a story that said dustin just want meryl to be prepared for the scene. but hell, you don't have to slap somebody! meryl can do acting herself. she said that in an interview jonathan ross show.
I believe, if I remember the "tabloids" of the time correctly, Dustin and Kate Jackson were dating at the time they were considering her for the role in Kramer vs Kramer.
I don't know if Dustin and Kate dated. She was with Warren Beatty at the time. Oh the tabloids...
Kate Jackson got the role because the "Kramer" team wanted "somebody who has an enormous presence and skill“.
Robert Benton: "In the spring of 1978, we had meetings with Kate Jackson [to play Joanna Kramer]. She was terrific, but the network began throwing up obstacles because of their scheduling for Charlie's Angels. We said, "Sooner or later, they are going to make it impossible.“ Which is exactly what the CA producers Spelling and Goldberg did... Shame on them!
there had planned to marry the following christmas of the year he died....the only thing i didn't like what meryl did...she got married 6 months after john cazale died..i always thought that was poor timing.
Why would that bother you? Cazale was battling cancer & Streep took care of him during that time. So, how long do you expect her to grieve over his death before she moves on?
Kate Jackson dodged a slapped.
Give me Peter pan!
This guy has been phoning it in for the past 20 years or more while she is still hitting it as an A-lister at 70! Somebody here said he was the greatest living actor? Really? For my money he does not come close as the living greats we still have or in comparison to anyone else in the past. He was a navel-staring method actor that Mike Nichols ideally cast for The Graduate. He is forever Hoffman whether in a wig as Tootsie or any other role. Streep was already in the spotlight when this guy came belching and slapping his way into Kramer Vrs Kramer.
Hoffman was a much bigger star when they made Kramer vs Kramer......have you ever heard of The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Lenny, All the President's Men, Marathon Man
@@legend9948 Like a hundred thousand times. Who is the bigger star and legend now? This guy has been phoning it in with lightweight ensemble efforts for years as I said earlier. Nothing more to add.
@@srosas1 My comment was when they were casting Kramer Vs Kramer not now i agree with you on the present
@@legend9948 he was good in Rainman too - brilliant in fact
Check this video...
"Meryl Streep on Friday Night with Jonathan ross 1/3"
then ~ you guys will find the answer
Where is this proof that they don't like each other? People say this and that but provides no proof. As far as I know, they seemed extremely friendly toward each other at the Oscars that year, both kissing when each won respectively.
meryl & dustin are not friends but they respect each other as actors. dustin knows that meryl is a great actress but he doesnt like her guts. joanna's testimonial in the trial was all meryl.. dustin didn't like that. dustin wasn't even in meryl's afi tribute. they weren't friends. it's weird that dustin didnt like her because all of meryl's co-actors love her.
Where is the full interview?
Just hearing about the slap, how disgusting.
Streep's character in Kramer Vs Kramer is very unsympathetic. In fact her character is a real jerk. Immature, selfish, self centered. The studio wanted her for the part that Jobeth Williams played but Streep wanted the other part. Streep herself has said that in the script her character was even more unsympathetic but that she managed to cut out some of that. Watching the film you wonder what Ted Kramer ever saw in her in the first place.
yes dustin did slap meryl to get her into character
What kind of character would that be? A misogynistic one !!!
@happylilsunbeam I never thought about that, but you're right! He should - it would be fascinating. Definitely... definitely fascinating.
He was 12 years older than her and at the top of his fame. His ego really was not going to let her outdo him. So he was a bit of an oaf when her character won the court case in the movie and she won the Oscar for realz.
hey just becus they talk about eachother dosnt mean they are in live
Man the interviewer is really hot!
Dustin is full of BS here. Meryl was well known, Hello! Deer Hunter
thumper6988 she wasn't famous from the Deer Hunter at the time
Deer Hunter was before because John was still alive (barely) and Dustin spoke of her recent grief during her audition for Kramer v. Kramer.
The film was released after Kramer v. Kramer was in production, so Streep was not well known then.
thumper6988
Yes she is as already well known!
I was young enough when Kramer Vs Kramer came out. Meryl Streep wasn’t known. I knew who Dustin Hoffman was when I saw the film. I just knew his wife as the blonde.
thats not true if u watch them on the view meryl told her not to loose any weight
I keep hearing that. Why did Hoffman slap her? People keep saying that but then they just rant about how they hate Hoffman. From what I heard, he didn't seem to hate Streep.
FlamingUnicorn869 he was trying to get a "Method" performance out of her. It was a dick move because he wasn't even the director. He also berated her about her recently deceased boyfriend, actor John Cazale, right before a take, to get her "appropriately" upset and anguished. He yelled stuff about John's cancer and death, and said horrible things to her. He was a complete dick.
He is unprofessional.
Ofcourse he will make and take claim to have had Meryl Streep cast in Kramer vs Kramer 😬
omg,Dustin did really slapped Meryl?!
I would have never though that! it looks like they are friends, but truly their not! :-o omg, but did Meryl said to Dustin that he could do that? or did he just do it without asking her?!
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It's hysterical seeing everyone blast Hoffman over these things. Some of you talk about her like she was the famous actress she became BECAUSE of that movie already. He gave her a slap. He broke a wine glass without telling her. Big F'n deal! He also provided her the opportunity to win an award for that movie. Those 2 scenes from those "incidents" gave her performance so much more authenticity that it helped her get that award. Most of those actresses back then (even today but especially then) had to suck someone, or multiple someones off to get a role like that. She got a slap and a little scare from a broken wine glass and you're complaining like you guys were there! I'll bet if you told EVERY actress that they would win an Oscar for the role you are about to put them in but they didn't have to spread their legs for it (which many of them do), they would just have to take a slap in the face and a jump scare, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM would sign instantly. I wonder how pissed she was when she marched off with that Oscar.
Sorry Meryl Streep is a great actres and she is doing great with her career she is not afraid to try new things Dustin Hoffman no offense I think he is a good actor but he has no room to judge and say crap cuz Merylvs him it would show that Meryl has the bigger career
So, he's essentially saying Meryl Streep delivered a good performance in the movie only because she was grieving a loss. That makes sense, since her acting career pretty much tanked after that.
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Meryl who??
its rare not see him kissing somebody in mouth
kramer vs kramer may be one of the most overrated films in history
but streep is brilliant because she makes the audience hate her
If he is not capable of doing his part without bringing his character to real life he is not a real actor. Period.
Edwin B Tell this his Oscars
@@CoCo-un8si a lot of shit actors won Oscars
I don’t know what is True or not anymore
But five great films.
omg,what's wrong with jaredlovr99?
sorry, but siriousley! I'm very sure that Dustin did NOT slapped Meryl! and they are friends,oh my god .. you can just stop spreading rumours! that's silly of you ..
I dunno... Meryl is a good actress but she seems kind of...like she might be a bit difficult to get along with? not your open, lovable type at all. but same goes for Dustin really, he seems "difficult" too. so, ego clash, I guess.
Well many actors and directors and crew members would disagree cause many have said she's a pleasure to work with. In interviews she seems like a good person ready to get along with
If she is difficult it’s bc she stays in characters during the whole shoot. She is a method actor. Shirley MacLaine said she has no clue who the real Meryl is