Meryl Streep will always be ashamed of the lengths she went too to land the lead role in hit film Out Of Africa - after director Sydney Pollack revealed he didn’t think she was sexy enough.

The Mamma Mia! star coveted the role of Karen Blixen in the 1985 film, but had to prove she was more than just a revered leading lady.

She recalls, “I went (to the audition), pathetically, in a very low-cut blouse with a push-up bra.”

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Meryl Streep has hit out at celebrity parents who sell pictures of their newborn children for cash.

The Oscar winner is appalled whenever she hears about a star bargaining for media cash over baby photos - even if the cash is for charity.

The mother-of-four insists children’s privacy is too valuable to sell snapshots to the highest bidder.

Streep says, “One thing I learned very early on is when you’re famous, you lose your right to privacy. And, if you promote your children, if you have them photographed, then they lose their rights. But, if you do not have them photographed and (do not) sell them to OK! magazine, they have the right to… privacy and citizenship. They (paparazzi) can follow me, take a picture, whatever they want to do. My kids, no.”

In recent months, Hollywood mums Jessica Alba, Jamie-Lynn Spears and Jennifer Lopez have released exclusive photos of their newborns in financial agreements with celebrity magazines.

It is reported that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are currently negotiating a $15 million deal for the exclusive photos of their newborn twins.

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Meryl Streep was once forced to sleep rough in a London park because she couldn’t afford anywhere to stay.

The Hollywood star came to the U.K. when she was a struggling actress in her twenties and earned her keep by busking for loose change.

Streep admits that some days she would not earn enough to pay for a hotel - and once had to spend the night in London’s Green Park.

She tells British magazine Closer, “On my very, very first trip to London, when I was 20, I went around busking to afford food and overnight accommodation. One night when I hadn’t earned enough, I actually slept in the open in Green Park, under a tree. The view was of the Ritz hotel and I vowed to myself that night that I was going to stay there one day - and I have!”

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Meryl Streep has ended an almost two-decade-long myth suggesting she angrily attacked Madonna after missing out on the lead in movie musical Evita, insisting she never said what was reported.

In a 1991 New York Times article, the Oscar winner allegedly savaged Madonna, stating she could “rip her throat out,” after the pop star landed Evita.
But Streep insists she would never have said such a thing.

She says, “That’s one of those things you can never erase from whatever it is, the Internet. Why would I say that? I was out of the running by the time they got the musical together.”

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Meryl Streep has hit out at male stars who have plastic surgery in a bid to retain their youthful looks - insisting they should give up and “embrace getting older”.

The 59-year-old claims she has always resisted the temptation to go under the knife, but is worried about the growing number of actors who are looking to surgeons for a helping hand with their appearance.

She says, “You’d be amazed how many men in the industry have gone down that road. I don’t get it. I think you have to embrace getting older and celebrate life.”

And Streep insists she is actually more secure in her work now that she is no longer considered a Hollywood beauty.

She adds, “The good thing about getting older is that when they do cast you it’s often something interesting - you’re no longer asked to be the beautiful leading lady. You’re allowed to do different things. I’ve had some very interesting parts over the past few years in films that examine all the idiosyncrasies people have.”

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Meryl Streep has denied rumors she used a body double in new movie Mamma Mia! - insisting she performed the “splits” for real.

In one scene the star is seen bouncing on a bed before flinging her legs out in midair to perform the notoriously tricky manoeuvre.
But Streep, 59, insists that she didn’t need any help.

She says, “They ask - was there a body double? Yeah, right! Or was it CGI? Of course! They grafted my face onto (Olympic gymnast) Olga Korbut’s body! I just did the splits on instinct. That’s what always happens with my acting.”

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I cannot wait to see this movie, you just don’t even know!

Here are Pierce Brosnan and wife Keely Shaye Smith, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson, Amanda Seyfiend and Colin Firth with mystery woman.

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