Adam McKay's new film Don't Look Up is jam-packed with stars — including Meryl Streep, who plays President Janine Orlean.
In a new interview with the Guardian, McKay claimed that there was originally a scene in which Streep would appear nude, shot from behind — but her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio stepped in and nixed the idea.
After calling Streep "fearless," McKay noted that they used a body double for the scene. "You know who had a problem with it? Leo," he claimed.
McKay said that DiCaprio objected to the scene because he "views Meryl as film royalty…although maybe royalty is not a compliment…but as such a special figure in the history of film.”
"He didn’t like seeing her with the lower back tattoo, walking for a second naked. He said something to me like: ‘Do you really need to show that?’ And I was like: ‘It’s President Orlean; it’s not Meryl Streep.’"
But according to McKay, it sounds like Streep didn't care either way. "[S]he didn’t even blink. She didn’t even bring it up.”
