{"id":2405507,"date":"2026-05-07T04:26:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T04:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2405507"},"modified":"2026-05-07T04:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T04:26:03","slug":"goldie-hawn-responds-to-meryl-streeps-charge-that-her-death-becomes-her-costar-is-always-late-to-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/goldie-hawn-responds-to-meryl-streeps-charge-that-her-death-becomes-her-costar-is-always-late-to-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldie Hawn responds to Meryl Streep&#8217;s charge that her \u201cDeath Becomes Her \u201dcostar is always late to set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>Goldie Hawn was asked about Meryl Streep saying that she was always late to set when they worked together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>The women costarred in 1992&#8217;s<em> Death Becomes Her<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m 15 minutes late to everything. I do,&#8221; Hawn said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Goldie Hawn;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/goldie-hawn\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Goldie Hawn<\/a> heard that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Meryl Streep;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/meryl-streep\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Meryl Streep<\/a> said her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Death Becomes Her;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/death-becomes-her\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Death Becomes Her<\/em><\/a> costar was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:late to set;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/meryl-streep-explains-why-she-001314228.html\">late to set<\/a> when they were making the 1992 movie, and Hawn admitted that, yes, she has a problem getting places on time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I&#8217;m 15 minutes late to everything. I do,&#8221; Hawn told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Tonight;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYA7PmBAUsl\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a> in a recent interview. &#8220;I mean, honestly, it&#8217;s unbelievable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But the <em>Overboard <\/em>star said she and Streep &#8220;got through that&#8221; to become &#8220;such good friends for so long.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But it is our joke,&#8221; Hawn said. &#8220;She said I was too late on the set. Maybe she&#8217;s too early. I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She then explained: &#8220;Sometimes when you&#8217;re too early, you&#8217;re still waiting for somebody and you think, &#8216;Oh, god, where the hell is she?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Streep made the revelation while looking back over her career with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vanity Fair;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jRkMv6UAG6g\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a> ahead of <em>The Devil Wears Prada 2.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Goldie, she was always late to set, but she was so adorable,&#8221; Streep said. &#8220;And I&#8217;m always on time, you know, and annoying. But she&#8217;s late, and she had a red convertible, I remember. She&#8217;d drive herself to set. And so that was probably the problem. She&#8217;d drive herself to set.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By the early &#8217;90s, both actresses were big box office draws and Oscar winners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She had her hair all over,&#8221; Streep said of Hawn. &#8220;She&#8217;s like, &#8216;Oh gosh, sorry!&#8217; And everybody thought, &#8216;Oh, she&#8217;s so cute.\u2019 So I had a beef with her, but I loved her. I love her. She&#8217;s one of my buddies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure flex justify-center mb-[1em] mx-auto\">\n<div style=\"max-width:960px\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p><i>Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep in &#8216;Death Becomes Her&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Universal\/Kobal\/Shutterstock<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The women did <em>play<\/em> rivals in <em>Death Becomes Her<\/em>. The Robert Zemeckis comedy, which shows the desperate pursuit of youth, costarred Bruce Willis as a plastic surgeon and the object of both of their affection.<\/p>\n<p>In real life, though, the women were so close that Hawn was chosen as one of the people to honor Streep when she received the American Film Institute&#8217;s Life Achievement Award in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love you, baby!&#8221; Hawn <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said then;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P7gBYHC_1Bw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said then<\/a>. &#8220;Way to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/goldie-hawn-responds-to-meryl-streep-saying-she-is-always-late-to-set-11969035\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Goldie Hawn was asked about Meryl Streep saying that she was always late to set when they worked together. The women costarred in 1992&#8217;s Death Becomes Her. &#8220;I&#8217;m 15 minutes late to everything. I do,&#8221; Hawn said. 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