Singing will no longer hold any secrets for Meryl Streep.
Already queen of the musical since
Mamma Mia
, the actress, now aged 71, returns to the front of the stage with a Netflix film,
The Prom
, directed by Ryan Murphy.
In a musical clip from the film which aired on November 19 and titled
Wear Your Crown
, a listening ear can hear Meryl Streep rapping for a few seconds, a style exercise she had already gently approached in
Into the Woods
.
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Ryan Murphy told
Variety about
the genesis of his film.
When the director offers his team to have Meryl Streep rap, it's general disbelief.
But the filmmaker does not budge.
Tit for tat, he said to his collaborators:
“I want her to rap.
I need her to rap. "
Before adding, “
They laughed and left to write the song
Wear Your Crown,
which is an upbeat track and makes you feel good.
It is a message both of fighting intolerance and of being proud of who you are.
"
The Prom
tells how two fallen Broadway stars come to help two high school girls banned from the famous prom because they are gay.
Meryl Streep will not be alone in defending this film since Nicole Kidman, James Corden, Kerry Washington and Keegan-Michael Key will be at her side to try to change the mentalities, with homophobic accents, of this high school lost in the depths of the world. 'Indiana.
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Available December 11 on Netflix,
The Prom
could be a serious contender for the Golden Globes and the Oscars according to the rumor that is already swelling the web.