The Al Pacino movie Meryl Streep called her “favourite in the world”
Meryl Streep is one of the great actors of our time. Securing her start way back in 1977 alongside Jane Fonda in Julia, Streep has gone on to be well regarded as one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood.
From the drama of The Deer Hunter, the satire of Death Becomes Her, the outright joy of Mamma Mia or the power of Suffragette, it seems like there’s nothing Meryl Streep can’t do on the big screen.
Having worked with some of the best directors in the world, including Steven Spielberg, Mike Nichols, Clint Eastwood and Nora Ephron, Streep is a more than seasoned member of the Hollywood elite. Starring alongside the likes of Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Nicole Kidman, Florence Pugh and more, one co-star especially stands out.
Despite both being at the top of the top when it comes to acting, Meryl Streep has only worked with Al Pacino once. While Pacino got his foot in the door a few years before Streep, thanks to Panic In Needle Park in 1971 or his iconic role in The Godfather a year later, the pair have been climbing the ladder to the dizzying heights of superstardom they exist in now.
Eventually, in 2003, the two actors got to work together on the mini-series Angels In America, an adaptation of the Tony Kushner play. During press exploits for the project, Streep revealed how big of a Pacino fan she is.
“I probably haven’t seen everything you’ve done,” Streep told her co-star in Entertainment Weekly. “I’m not pumping you, but this [Angels] is one of my favorites,” she added, praising their joint undertaking.
But a different one of Pacino’s roles stands out as Streep’s favourite. “Dog Day Afternoon is one of my favorite movies in the world,” she tells him.
Talking about the 1975 biographical crime drama portraying an infamous 1972 bank robbery, Pacino played Sonny Wortzik, based on the man who led the crime. It’s highly regarded not only as one of Pacino’s finest films but one of the most influential films in American cinematic history.
But the praise between the two actors didn’t just go one way. “And if you’re talking about Meryl, I’ve seen them all over and over again,” Pacino said, “I was just watching the one where she played the Australian–A Cry in the Dark.”
But Pacino’s favourite Streep film is a 1985 picture, stating: “I watch Out of Africa all the time”.
