Leonardo DiCaprio 'Had A Problem' With Meryl Streep Character's Nudity In 'Don't Look Up'

Dont Look Up director Adam McKay said fearless Meryl Streep didnt even blink at the idea of her character appearing naked in the new Netflix disaster comedy movie.

But co-star Leonardo DiCaprio had a problem with the scene, in which a body double playing Streeps President Janie Orlean is seen undressed from behind, McKay told The Guardian in an interview published Monday.

DiCaprio just views Meryl as film royalty although maybe royalty is not a compliment but as such a special figure in the history of film, McKay explained. He didnt like seeing her with the lower back tattoo, walking for a second naked.

McKay said DiCaprio asked him something to the effect of, Do you really need to show that?

And I was like: Its President Orlean; its not Meryl Streep, McKay recalled replying.

Streep didnt even blink or even bring it up, he added.

In the movie, Streep, 72, plays a Donald Trump -esque president who downplays an imminent comet strike on Earth. DiCaprio, 47, and Jennifer Lawrence, 31, portray scientists desperately trying to warn the world of the looming threat.

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Lawrence revealed the reverence with which Streep was treated on set last week, explaining that co-stars called her the GOAT (the Greatest of All Time), but Streep thought they were literally calling her a goat.

Read McKays full interview in The Guardian here.

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