MERYL FEARED CAREER WAS OVER AT 40

MERYL STREEP feared her career would be over when she turned 40. The 67-year-old actress says she is surprised to have lasted in Hollywood this long as she thought it would’ve been curtains ages ago.

“I remember as I was hovering around 40 I thought each movie would be my last. And all the evidence of other 40-year-old women at that time – this is 27 years ago – would lead you to believe it was over,” she said, adding that she would have been unhappy if her acting career had come to an end because of her age.

The mother of four explained: “On a certain level you don’t have any choice. You’re unhappy if you’re not doing it so yes, it would’ve been a shame.”

The multi-Oscar winner is set to join the cast of Mary Poppins Returns and play the role of Mary’s cousin Topsy, a character that didn’t appear in the 1964 classic.