Meryl Streep (Extended) | April Fuels

Summary

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Episode: Meryl Streep (Extended) | April Fuels
Date: April 2, 2026
Guest: Meryl Streep

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Episode Overview

This engaging episode features legendary actress Meryl Streep in a lively, extended conversation with Stephen Colbert. The show traverses Streep’s current and upcoming projects, industry insights, behind-the-scenes stories, reflections on fame, and even a thought-provoking note on voting rights. The episode also blends Stephen’s trademark political humor in his monologue and delightfully balances comedy with genuine admiration for his guest.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

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1. Stephen Colbert's Monologue: Political Satire and NASA News

Timestamps: 01:49 – 14:02

• April Fools Day & President Trump:
  Stephen opens with satirical commentary on Donald Trump’s primetime address, joking about its unlikely intelligence and harmony.

  "It was concise, intelligent and brought the nation together with shared purpose. April Fools Trumpet." (01:56, Stephen Colbert)

• SCOTUS Drama:
  Jests about Trump attending Supreme Court arguments on ending birthright citizenship, comparing it to “mob boss level intimidation.”

  "That is just mob boss level intimidation." (05:41, Stephen Colbert)

• NASA Artemis II Mission:
  Shifts to excitement over NASA’s new moon mission, celebrating the historic diversity of its crew and referencing previous Late Show episodes featuring the astronauts.

  "This is a huge deal because Artemis 2 is NASA’s first manned mission to the moon since 1972." (07:31, Stephen Colbert)

• Media & White House Photo Controversy:
  Comments on White House’s efforts to remove unflattering photos, lampooning political image management.

  "The White House pulled a mother-in-law. ‘That’s what you’re wearing to Easter brunch? Oh...’" (13:11, Stephen Colbert)

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2. Interview: Meryl Streep – On Fame, Films, and Female-Centric Hits

Timestamps: 14:15 – 30:31

Opening Banter & Pandemic Reflections

• Stephen and Meryl reminisce about their previous Zoom interview during COVID-19, noting the difference in energy.
• Fashion jokes about Meryl’s blue sweater matching the set:

  "You’re just a floating head right now." (15:11, Stephen Colbert)
  "That’s how I feel all the time. Lately." (15:15, Meryl Streep)

Project Hail Mary & Ryan Gosling Story

• Meryl reveals she hasn’t yet seen Project Hail Mary, where she has a cameo, crediting producer Amy Pascal for inviting her.
• She shares a red-carpet story involving adjusting Ryan Gosling’s tie, leading to some mutual admiration:

  "Ladies, find yourself a man who looks at you the way Ryan Gosling looks at Meryl Streep." (16:44, Stephen Colbert)
  "He was with his mother, and she didn’t fix his tie. And I pointed that out to her." (16:57, Meryl Streep)

Award Shows & Hollywood Friendships

• Reflects on frequent losses at award shows, fame, and the false impression that actors all know each other.

  "People must assume that you just know everybody in Hollywood because you’re Meryl Streep." (17:55, Stephen Colbert)
  "Just keeping up with their oeuvre, you know... It’s impossible." (18:05, Meryl Streep)

Devil Wears Prada & Character Inspiration

• Stephen asks about the enduring popularity of The Devil Wears Prada and Meryl reveals her inspiration for Miranda Priestly wasn’t Anna Wintour, but a blend of directors Mike Nichols and Clint Eastwood:

  "It’s a cross between Mike Nichols and if Mike Nichols and Clint Eastwood had a baby..." (19:32, Meryl Streep)
  "Because they just...the command on the set...Mike would do it with a sly humor. Miranda has...that little way of doing things people take as mean, but it’s funny." (19:41, Meryl Streep)

On Good Directing

• Discusses what actors want from directors: trust, minimal interference, and letting chemistry happen.

  "What do you expect from a great director? What do you want— to be left alone?" (22:13, Stephen Colbert)
  "Really. I’ve learned my lines. I have an idea. You’ll see." (22:18, Meryl Streep)
  "You just sit there and you go, 'Oh, it's fantastic. Please, another one.'" (23:06, Meryl Streep, advice for directors)

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3. Devil Wears Prada 2 – Exclusive Preview

Timestamps: 23:45 – 27:54

• Plot Setup:
  The sequel picks up 20 years later with Andy (Andrea) returning to journalism and ultimately, Runway. The dialogue covers shifting media, layoffs, and Miranda’s unchanged attitude.

  • Memorable line:

    "Yes, Ashley. Flag on the play. We don’t need you this morning or ever. So pack up your things and HR will be in to see you shortly." (25:56, Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly)

• Production Hype:
  Discussion about paparazzi and secrecy during the NYC shoot, and how the original was dismissed as a "chick flick."

  "20 years ago, it was categorized as a chick flick. And that designation has kind of not worn well." (27:01, Meryl Streep)
  "After Barbie and Mamma Mia...people want to see them because they have girls in the center of the story." (27:17, Meryl Streep)

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4. Mamma Mia 3 and On-Set Memories

Timestamps: 27:54 – 29:01

• Stephen asks the unavoidable question:

  "Would you be into doing Mamma Mia 3?" (28:16, Stephen Colbert)
  "Damn. Yes." (28:24, Meryl Streep)

• Streep recalls a humorous spandex moment with Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth:

  "Colin said, I need socks. Some dignity." (28:54, Meryl Streep & Stephen Colbert)

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5. Civic Engagement: Women, Voting, & the "Save America Act"

Timestamps: 29:09 – 30:31

• Meryl closes on a serious note, urging married women to check their voting registrations due to possible changes from the "Save America Act".

  "All the married women that have changed their names are going to have to go to the registrar and prove that they are who they are…otherwise, you might be disqualified." (29:39, Meryl Streep)
  "Women need to be heard, especially when you're trying." (30:29, Meryl Streep)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "I'm just basically imitating Mike Nichols that whole time." (19:12, Meryl Streep on Devil Wears Prada)
• "No one knows what Donald Trump is thinking. Not even Donald Trump." (04:40, Stephen Colbert)
• "Please, another one." (23:06, Meryl Streep on directing actors)
• “Would you be into doing Mamma Mia 3?” “Damn. Yes.” (28:16-28:24, Colbert & Streep)
• “All the married women that have changed their names…otherwise, you might be disqualified…Women need to be heard.” (29:39-30:29, Streep)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Monologue & NASA: 01:49 – 14:02
• Streep Interview begins: 14:15
• Project Hail Mary & Oscars stories: 15:35 – 18:22
• Devil Wears Prada legacy & character: 18:22 – 20:43
• On Directors & Acting tips: 22:09 – 23:41
• Devil Wears Prada 2 clip & discussion: 23:45 – 27:54
• Mamma Mia 3 question: 27:54 – 28:29
• Closing: Women & Voting: 29:09 – 30:31

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Episode Tone & Atmosphere

• Playful, witty, insightful, and occasionally heartfelt. The episode moves smoothly between sharp monologue satire and warm, revealing conversation. Meryl’s wry humor and Stephen’s quick banter result in plenty of laughs, while moments about women in film and voting rights offer substance.

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Summary for Listeners

This episode is a must-hear for fans of pop culture, movies, and witty late-night humor. With Stephen Colbert’s classic satire and Meryl Streep’s rare public candor, listeners are treated to behind-the-scenes Hollywood stories, an exclusive Devil Wears Prada 2 preview, and reflections on being a woman in the spotlight—capped off with a powerful PSA for women to safeguard their voting rights. A perfect blend of fun, nostalgia, and wisdom.

Transcript

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[Stephen Colbert]

Welcome, welcome one and all in here. Out there, Mr. And Mrs. America and all the ships at sea. Welcome to the Late Show. I'm your host Stephen Colbert. It was a big night on all the broadcast networks. Donald Trump at 9 o' clock gave a national primetime address. It was concise, intelligent and brought the nation together with shared purpose. April Fools Trumpet. Way ahead of you. Way ahead of you. Chief Trump gave his it was tonight. He gave his speech tonight on the first night of Passover. So whether you're Jewish or not, I Recommend Having had 4 glasses of wine. Now, I haven't seen his speech yet one because we actually taped the show a little before 6 o'. Clock. Also because I put lamb's blood around my TV so the speech would pass me by. In teasing his remarks, the administration promised an important update on Iran. My fellow Americans, my fellow Americans, we are ending our war in Iran. Actually, let me back up a Second, we are doing a war in Iran. I forget why. Is it part of Venezuela? Where did that come from? Trump's been all over the map when it comes to Iran. First, he said he wouldn't leave until the Strait of Hormuz is open. Yesterday he said he doesn't care about the Strait of Hormuz. And this morning he said unless Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz, he'd bomb them into the Stone Age. But all that flip flopping is just part of his plan, according to an unnamed member of his administration who said, this isn't 3D chess, it's 12 dimensional. He contradicts himself regularly, so nobody knows what he's thinking. It's on purpose. Yes. It's cunning. No one knows what Donald Trump is thinking. Not even Donald Trump, because think about it. No. Follow me down the rabbit hole here. No. Oh. Gears within gears. Because if he knew what he was thinking, he might let it slip. That's why he keeps his mind perfectly blank, like nature's most cunning opponent, the goldfish. While Trump. While Trump may be close to ending the bombing campaign of Iran, he's still hell bent on blowing up the Constitution. And this morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship, which the 14th Amendment has guaranteed for more than 150 years. Yes. Birthright citizenship, yes. Thank you. I didn't do it, but thank you. Birthright citizenship is as American as mom, apple pie and baseball, literally. Because 150 years ago was also when Major League Baseball played its first game. Fun trivia. That first game almost over. Today's hearings. They didn't have that pitching rule back then. Today's hearings were a little spicier than normal because Trump personally went to the hearings, making him the first sitting US President to attend Supreme Court arguments. Well, that is just mob boss level intimidation. In fact, is this. We actually. I've been told we actually have footage of Chief Justice Roberts waking up this morning. Trump. There we go. Trump announced the horse is fine. The horse is fine. Trump announced that he would be attending the hearing yesterday in the Oval Office. The Supreme Court tomorrow is going to hear arguments about your executive order trying to get rid of birthright citizenship. And I'm going. You're going to go to the Supreme Court?

[Meryl Streep]

I think so.

[Stephen Colbert]

I do believe so. Fair warning. The Supreme Court knew he was coming. I wonder how the justices prepared for that. We drank beer. Good. I recommend it. That would be nice. Now, if you're wondering. If you're wondering how President Adderall could sit through a whole day of legal proceedings. The answer is that he couldn't. The justices did not buy any of his administration's arguments. So midway through the morning. So midway through the morning, a humiliated Trump stormed out of the catastrophic SCOTUS hearings. Humiliated or just confused? Well, that was awkward. All nine of them wore the same black muumuu. The worst production of Sister Act I've ever seen. Whoopi was terrible. Whoopi was absolutely awful. Despite Trump's best efforts, there is some good news in space. NASA is back. Baby, I am psyched like a bike. Cause if everything goes according to plan, tonight, NASA launched their Artemis 2 moon mission. Okay. And if you're really quiet, you can hear the sound of every dad in the country going, shh, honey. They're successfully loading the liquid hydrogen into the propellant tank. This is the happiest day of my life. I love you, Jim Lovel Am I a stellaed missile man? This is a huge deal because Artemis 2 is NASA's first manned mission to the moon since 1972. That one. I remember that one. I remember. I'm old enough to remember that one. That one was Apollo 17, when the crew consisted of Commander Gene Cernan, lunar module pilot Harrison Jack Schmitt, and the entirety of Fleetwood Mack. Yeah, they went to the moon and they did not get along. Now, Artemis 2 won't land on the moon this time, but it will slingshot around the moon before heading home. Just like in that Frank Sinatra song,

[Meryl Streep]

fling me to the moon and throw

[Stephen Colbert]

me like an Angry Bird. Now, slingshot. It's a slingshot. Yeah. Low gravity. That's how I can jump so much. On this mission, the four astronauts on board will travel farther from Earth than any human before setting the stage for the Artemis III test flight in 2027 and the Artemis IV moon landing in 2028. Oh, I love a good franchise. After Artemis IV, we'll see Artemis 5, the way of water, Artemis 6, money never sleeps, and Austin Powers 3, the Artemis who Shagged Me. You need a lot of Velcro and a bungee cord. Need Velcro and a bungee cord for that. The four astronauts on board are Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Cook, and Canadian Space Agency Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen. Wait, hold on, hold on. Wait, wait. That isn't right. I don't see Katy Perry in there. Is it really a space mission? If Jeff Bezos hasn't welded a terrified Gayle King into a metal tube. Gale the fly me to the moon. Let me Play. The Artemis 2 mission is full of historic firsts. The crew includes the first woman, first person of color, and the first Canadian on a lunar mission. And guess what? They were all on my show when they first announced the launch in 2023.

[Meryl Streep]

Wow.

[Stephen Colbert]

2023, man. Remember that? That was great. 2023. A lot can happen in three years. They're going to the moon, and I'm going to watch them go to the moon. Everybody wins. Once the rocket has left Cape Canaveral, the crew will spend 10 days in a spacecraft with about as much interior space as two minivans. And they'll eat from a menu including couscous with nuts, barbecue beef brisket, and broccoli au gratin. That could have used some better planning. Hey, guys. Who's ready to gorge themselves on nuts, beef, and cheesy broccoli while sharing as much interior space as two minivans? Can we crack a window? Is it okay to crack a window? There's a new controversy from the White House, and it's extra crispy stupid, because back in November. Yeah, of course it was November. It was Thanksgiving. They did their annual turkey pardoning and they took some photos like they always do. It was barely news at the time, and it wouldn't be news now if it weren't for the fact that a wire service removed a photo of Press Secretary Caroline Levitt because it was reportedly unflattering. Okay, come on. We're all adults here. How bad could it possibly. Okay, Admittedly. Admittedly not a great angle for her or the turkey or. Really, that angle is not good for anybody. Here, I'll show you. Can we get this. Can we go to this camera right here? Hi. Hi. Hey. Am I pretty, Daddy? But that's why this guy always shoots me from the top. A little bit there. But then them's the breaks, you know, when you're photographed all the time. Things didn't get weird until shortly after the photo was released when the image was scrubbed from the Getty Images library. Now, while the photo company claims that they weren't directly ordered to remove the picture, they were made aware the White House did not approve. Oh, my God. The White House pulled a mother in law. Oh. Oh, that's what you're wearing to Easter brunch. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's not a. It's me. It's just me. I'm. I'm from an older generation where people tr. I have to say, those pants are brave. Bottom line, the administration does not want you to see that photo. Which photo, you ask? This photo right here. And if any of the people here in the Ed Sullivan can't see the screens, we went ahead and put it up in the dome. Remember? Remember, everybody, you're on your honor. Do not. We'll be right back.

[Meryl Streep]

We got a great show for you tonight coming up.

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Meryl Streep,

[Stephen Colbert]

Folks, you know my guest tonight, and if you don't, I don't want to know you. Please welcome Meryl Streep. Hi. Hi.

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Hi.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, people are very excited to see me, Meryl Streep, as you can tell. Well, thank you. Thanks for being here. I know you don't do a ton of this, and we just love having you here. I've spoken to you once before during COVID over Zoom in my house. Yeah. Yeah.

[Meryl Streep]

And I didn't get the same reception.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, they were you got. For those 15 months. We got a lot of respectful silence.

[Meryl Streep]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

And wow, I love your sweater. That's a very beautiful blue.

[Meryl Streep]

Yeah. I realize I match your chairs.

[Stephen Colbert]

You're just a floating head right now.

[Meryl Streep]

That's how I feel all the time.

[Stephen Colbert]

Really.

[Meryl Streep]

Lately. Yeah. No, this is Annie Hathaway's outfit from the first Devil Wears Prada.

[Stephen Colbert]

So that's not any blue.

[Meryl Streep]

No, that's cerulean. Cerulean blue.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. People are very excited about Devil Product two to come out, but before we get to that, before we get to that, you're already in the number one movie of the year right now because you have one uncredited line in Project Hail Mary. Yeah. And I gotta say, if you haven't seen it, she nails it. And how did that. It's fantastic. It's a really great little moment there. How did that come about?

[Meryl Streep]

I don't know, because I haven't seen the movie.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, no. Oh, you're gonna love it.

[Meryl Streep]

No, it was. Amy Pascal is a friend. She produced lots of wonderful movies, including Little Women that I was on. That's why. I mean, I've known her for a long time, and she's the producer of that. She asked me if I would do it. We were working on another film in London, and I said, sure. Ryan Gosling's in it.

[Stephen Colbert]

God. Yeah. And it's just the two of you there.

[Meryl Streep]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

He said that you made quite an impression on him in 2017 when you adjusted his tie at an awards show. Look at that. Ladies, find yourself a man who looks at you the way Ryan Gosling looks at Meryl Streep.

[Meryl Streep]

Oh, my God, it's so sweet.

[Stephen Colbert]

There you go.

[Meryl Streep]

I know.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did he make an impression on you?

[Meryl Streep]

He did. He was with his mother, and she didn't fix his tie. And I pointed that out to her. She was lovely. And he said, she's very nervous about her hairdo, and her hair looked way better than mine, as you can see. And I told her so. I just really. We had a nice evening. Sometimes those things are weird, you know, the award shows. You're sitting next to people you don't know, and I'm sort of shy, believe it or not. And so. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

And then there are those nights that

[Meryl Streep]

you lose, you know, 19 of those nights.

[Stephen Colbert]

19 of those nights, yes. Yeah.

[Meryl Streep]

Counting, but.

[Stephen Colbert]

And then you think these things are stupid. Why do we do this? And then there's the nights you win and you go, it's good that we get together every year just to celebrate the arts.

[Meryl Streep]

Yeah. Yeah, it is. Actually. It's the only time people really in the business get. Get together and mix that way.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. People must assume that you just know everybody in Hollywood because you're Meryl Streep.

[Meryl Streep]

Yeah, Well, I have worked with amazing and wonderful and a lot of people.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Meryl Streep]

And just keeping up with their oeuvre, you know, to be able to see everything that everybody's made, it's impossible. It's impossible, right? I mean, there were 300 movies released that we were all supposed to look at before the nominations process goes through. It's absolutely impossible.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, in my job, I have to talk a lot of people about their shows and their movies and their TV and their movies, and I watch all of them, And I love every single word. Okay, okay, let's go back to the Devil weighs Prada, the OG, the original one. For 20 years ago, when you first were making this movie, or even when it first came out, did you have any sense of just the absolute grip it would have on the cultural zeitgeist for 20 years? It's never let it go. I mean, there's no moment in which I don't want to say, why is no one ready? Did you know? Do you have a sense of it at all?

[Meryl Streep]

No, we didn't. No. I mean, I was just basically imitating Mike Nichols that whole time.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hey, I want to talk about that. Because everybody thinks you're doing Anna Wintour. Okay. Yeah, but I found out we were doing it. We had a conversation someplace else years ago, and you said, no, it's Mike Nichols. What is it about Mike that you grabbed for that?

[Meryl Streep]

It's a cross between Mike Nichols and if Mike Nichols and Clint Eastwood had a baby it would be that crazy.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'd watch that movie.

[Meryl Streep]

It would be that. Because they just. The command on the set of. And Mike would do it sort of with a sly humor. And Miranda has. She knows that what she's saying is sort of snide, but she knows it's kind of funny, too. And that little way of doing things is people take as mean, but it's funny, you know, I think it's funny.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes. And also, Clint never calm the whole time.

[Meryl Streep]

Calm. Yeah, because Clint never would raise his voice. He would direct. And people had to lean forward to hear what he was saying. He'd say, that was all right, I think, let's move on. And everybody. You know, he'd often shoot the rehearsal and then move on. So his crew was like, you know, on the edge of their seats. I mean, on the balls of their feet. No one was sitting down except me.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did you ever tell Clint that?

[Meryl Streep]

No, but I told Mike, and he was thrilled.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did I ever tell you the only time I met Mike Nichols was with you? Actually, it was at the Kennedy Center Honors. I was giving the award to Yo Yo Ma that night, and you were there presenting it to Mike Nichols, I think, or he was presenting to you one of those two and fancy people. And I walked by your table. I didn't know you were there. And you grabbed me by the arm and said, stephen, Mike wants to meet you. And of course, I couldn't imagine which Mike it was, because why would Mike Nichols want to meet me? And I turned and there was Mike Nichols. You know, first of all, there's Meryl Streep, but next to her is there's Mike Nichols. And he said something nice, and he talked for a bit at me. And I think it was nice from the tone of his voice. But the entire time he was talking, I was going, remember what he's saying. Remember what he's saying. Remember what he's saying. Because I knew I wouldn't remember a thing he said. And I don't remember things he said.

[Meryl Streep]

I don't remember. They made a documentary about him, and they said, what was the greatest piece of direction he ever gave you? And I said. And I couldn't remember one piece of anything. He said, you know, I remember stories he told me about people, but I don't remember. And sometimes he would just set up the day with that. Kind of like you do the monologue, you know, he's just, what a singular genius. Yeah. Those old yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Meryl Streep]

Those recordings with Elaine May. Oh, my God.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. I'm just curious What? As, you know, as a great actress, what do you expect from a great director? What do you want to be left alone? Really? I've learned my lines. I have an idea. You'll see.

[Meryl Streep]

No, but the idea that if they're coming in, they're watching, and they go and cut. And you can just tell by the way they're getting up that there's, like, five things. And your confidence just erodes and just dribbles off into the.

[Stephen Colbert]

Even yours. You can be undermined.

[Meryl Streep]

Yeah. And if you. If on the first few. This is like a little tip to directors. The first few. You just sit there and you go, oh, it's fantastic. Please, another one.

[Stephen Colbert]

You know, write that down.

[Meryl Streep]

I know.

[Stephen Colbert]

I'm gonna write that down. Please, another one.

[Meryl Streep]

No, no. The ones who, you know, setting it up and who they assemble in the cast and who they put together. That's where the chemistry happens. And if you trust the script, and the script is great. You know, these get good actors together and they're happy and they feel trusted with the material they play and play is what you want to see, even in a drama.

[DSW/IXL Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. So back to the present. The whole gang is back together. Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep. The movie takes place 20 years later, and we actually have a clip here. Do you need to set this up? Is it clear what's about to happen?

[Meryl Streep]

Yeah. Yes. Okay. It's been 20 years, and Andrea has got. I can't call her Andy. It drives me. Andy. I can't say that Andrea has gone off and done good work in journalism. She has worked for a sort of an investigative journalistic outlet, a paper. And at the beginning of the film, all of the media out, all of the. Even Runway is under siege by our new digital overlords. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

What's that like?

[Meryl Streep]

Yeah. And so she's out of a job. Some things disintegrate in this new atmosphere. And so she needs a new job. And series of circumstances lead her to this moment where she comes back to Runaway. And I was not aware that she had been hired.

[Stephen Colbert]

Got it. All right, Yvonne.

[DSW/IXL Advertiser]

Um, so he said that we need. I mean, Runway needs to take control of the narrative of the Speedfash story and restore credibility. And he thought someone with my expertise would be a good idea. And. But I thought that for sure you had approved and were excited. And that's why I came in here all like.

[Meryl Streep]

Oh, Amari. Yes. Get Ashley on the phone, please.

[DSW/IXL Advertiser]

Hi. Good morning, Miranda.

[Meryl Streep]

Yes, Ashley. Flag on the play. We don't need you this morning or ever. So pack up your things and HR will be in to see you shortly. Happy? You just cost Cornell summa cum laude.

[Stephen Colbert]

Her job.

[Meryl Streep]

First in her family to go to college, I believe. Anyway, come along.

[Stephen Colbert]

Come on. Something's no change. That was my line. Got. All right. That's exciting.

[Meryl Streep]

Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Thank you. So Miranda is just as sweet as ever. Clearly. Now, here's the. When this was being shot here in the city, paparazzi was all over the place trying to figure out who was coming, everybody was coming back, what the guest stars were and everything. That must have been a little bit hairy at times. I think the production was trying to put people off the scent of that. I'm just curious. Imagine it wasn't that way the first time 20 years ago, wasn't it?

[Meryl Streep]

No, no. I mean, 20 years ago, it was categorized as a chick flick. And that designation has kind of not worn well. You know, after Barbie and Mamma Mia. And other films that completely catch the studios by surprise that people want to see them because they have girls in the center of the story, Women in the center of the story. So they were not. We had to scrabble for our budget. And that was true, I think I've talked to Greta about it. That was true with Barbie a little bit in comparison to what they spend on other films. This one, honey, they spent the money.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, you brought it up. You brought it up. Legally, I am required to ask you about Mamma Mia. Here we are. I've had basically all of your co stars on the show. I've asked Christine Baranski and ran out of Seyfried and Stella and Skarsgrd and everybody else if they would do mamma mia 3. And since I have you here, Meryl Streep, would you be into doing Mamma Mia 3? Damn.

[Meryl Streep]

Yes.

[Stephen Colbert]

There it is. There it is. That's. Yeah. You want to take a look at this?

[Meryl Streep]

You know, I don't think Colin Firth has ever recovered from this moment in spandex. And I remember when Pierce Brosnan and he came out of the dressing rooms and looked at each other up and down, and Colin said, I need socks.

[Stephen Colbert]

Some dignity. Some dignity. Meryl, I don't know how to put this.

[Meryl Streep]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

But this is the interview. We've had the interview.

[Meryl Streep]

I'm excused.

[Stephen Colbert]

No, no. I don't want it to be over. Is there anything that I did not ask you that you would like to touch upon having to do with the world of entertainment or movies or the world in general?

[Meryl Streep]

Oh, well, yes, I hope that the Save America act, if that passes,

[Stephen Colbert]

all

[Meryl Streep]

the married women that have changed their names are going to have to go to the registrar and prove that they are who they are. In other words, to your voting registrar. This is what I understand. Otherwise, when you get to the voting booth in November, you might be disqualified because your name on your birth certificate doesn't match your name on the voting rolls. So everybody has to get. And this is such a pain in the neck because you have to go, but do it because otherwise you'll be turned away. And I think that women need to be heard, especially when you're trying.

[Stephen Colbert]

Thank you, Meryl. The Devil Wears Prada 2 is in theaters on May 1st. Meryl Streep, everybody. Thank you for listening to the Late Show Pod show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more of me, come to The Late Show YouTube channel for more clips and exclusives. The right window treatments change everything. Your sleep, your privacy, the way every room looks and feels. @blinds.com We've spent 30 years making it surprisingly simple to get exactly what your home needs. We've covered over 25 million windows and have 50,000 five star reviews to prove we deliver. Whether you DIY it or want a pro to handle everything from measure to install, we have you covered. Real design professionals, free samples, zero pressure right now. Get up to 45% off site wise plus get a free professional measure. At blinds.com rules and restrictions apply.

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