Meryl Streep Talks About Getting Into Character as Aunt March For 'Little Women'

Meryl Streep gets into a group pose with her co-stars from Little Women during a special screening and panel event held at DGA in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (October 23).

The legendary actress plays Aunt March in the upcoming flick, opposite Saoirse Ronan, Laura Dern, Florence Pugh, and Timothee Chalamet, who were all at the event along with writer/director Greta Gerwig.

During the panel event, the cast opened up about how they all got into character and Meryl talked about how she became the penny-pinching Aunt March.

“She [Greta Gerwig] let me do what I wanted,” she said. “Aunt March is all about the money. It’s how the world measures value. She is the reality check on all the airy-fairy, highfalutin, idealistic people who populate her family, and that she basically underwrites.”

Saoirse even revealed that one day, Meryl ate fast food to get into character.

“I was trying to save money,” Meryl quipped.

Little Women is set to open on Christmas Day.

FYI: Saoirse wore a Preen dress, Frame x Tamara Mellon boots and Irene Neuwirth jewelry. Laura is wearing a Johanna Ortiz top.

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