Meryl Streep Puts on Orange Face to Impersonate Donald Trump
Meryl or Donald? (Picture: Paul Zimmerman/WireImage)
Meryl Streep is a three-time Oscar winner known for being able to transform herself into any character she wants.
So is it any surprise that the actress has now so convincingly portrayed thepresumptive nominee of the Republican Party for President of the United States, Donald Trump?
Meryl shocked the audience when she turned up to the annualShakespeare in the Park Public Theater Gala in full Donald costume,wearing a padded suit with a low-hanging belly and a ton of fake tan.
And a hairpiece that somehow managed to successfully mimic the mystery that is Donalds now trademark style.
Meryl (left) with Christina Baranski (Picture: Paul Zimmerman/WireImage)Meryl turned up on stage to perform alongside an equally shocked Christine Baranski, who was playing the rolethe newly-appointed nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The pair performedBrush Up Your Shakespeare, written by Cole Porter for the1948 Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate, which itself was adapted from Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew.
But Oskar Eustis, the Public Theaters artistic director, admitted that it was entirely Meryls idea.
Utterly her idea, beginning to end, Mr Eustis told the New York Times.
There were skeptics, there were doubters, but one of those skeptics was not Meryl Streep. She was absolutely sure she could do it. None of us had seen her in costume or makeup till she walked out tonight.
She even manages to nail those pursed lips(Picture: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)Sadly for those of us who werent at the show, Meryl has confirmed that this was indeed a one-off.
I appreciate the interest, but this was a one-off, a once in a (last in a) lifetime appearance of this character, she told the Times through a rep.
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Source: http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/08/meryl-streeps-donald-trump-impression-obviously-features-a-lot-of-fake-tan-5930716/
