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Meryl Streep Says Male Studio Execs Struggle to 'See Themselves' in Female Protagonists

At the Cannes Film Festival, Meryl Streep reflected on a changed industry and how important it was to have female executives with greenlight power.

After an extended standing ovation at the top of the Q&A, Streep talked through her first experience at the Cannes Film Festival back in 1989, where she would go on to win the best actress award for “A Cry in the Dark.” She remembered not feeling “safe” there. When asked further about this, she said it’s tied back to how she doesn’t consider herself a “rock star” and instead has a “life that is filled with things that are not hyperbolic like that.” Streep went on to discuss key moments in her career, like working with Robert Redford in 1985’s “Out of Africa.” In an iconic scene, her co-star washes her hair and recites poetry by the river.

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