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‘Only Murders In The Building’ Boss John Hoffman Details Meryl Streep & Melissa McCarthy On-Screen Fight; Season 1 Plot Holes—Deadline Q&A
'Only Murders in the Building' boss John Hoffman breaks down Season 4 episode 7 titled "Valley of the Dolls.'
If anyone had told Only Murders in the Building co-creator John Hoffman he’d have Meryl Streep and Melissa McCarthy in a full-on girl fight on the series, he’d have never believed you. As Hoffman tells Deadline, the epic tumble was originally meant to play out with stunt people but the seasoned actresses wanted to do it themselves, pigtails flying and all. That proposal happened, and it was Marty Short who added, and he doesn’t often do this, the line before “I accept,” “Is there any family money?” It got the most beautiful, genuine reaction, and was just the sweetest thing.
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