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Hanks and Streep as editor and publisher towards her character, pointing out: “The confident Katharine Graham that people came to know was actually once someone who very unsure of herself.
“She was a product of a time when women weren’t expected to do much outside the realm of good works, good child raising and household keeping.
“She took a stand when it was very difficult for her to do that, when she was not only doubted by her adversaries but also by her friends.
“I think it’s a particularly lonely thing to do, to take a stand under those circumstances. Everybody in this story does that.
“Every single person takes a risk, and that more than anything I think is the story of the film – how ordinary people can
Oscar winner Meryl Streep Post front page from 1974 Spielberg on set with stars
really move the needle and change the course of history.” In The Post, which was nominated for six Golden Globes, Spielberg explores the bond between Graham and Bradlee, who became a pillar for her to lean on when it looked like everything could fall apart. Talking about that relationship, Streep, who has won Best Actress Oscars for The Iron Lady and Sophie’s Choice, says: “I like that their friendship is platonic – you rarely see just the working friendship Real Bradlee and Graham
of a man and woman. I think that Katharine adored Ben. Without any hint of romance, I think she really felt like he was a part of her.”
On how President Trump will react to the film, she says: “I actually think he may really like The Post, weirdly, because it is a great movie and it is a patriotic movie.
“What effect would I hope it would have on him? Well, he would stop the shenanigans and give some respect for people who are operating on their principles and not on their appetite.” Graham died in 2001 aged 84 but her son Don said after viewing the film: “If my mother could see Meryl Steep portraying her, she would feel this was pretty great.”
features@trinitymirror.co.uk The Post opens in cinemas this Friday.
I hope it might make Trump stop the shenanigans and give some respect to people MERYL STREEP ON HOW PRESIDENT COULD REACT TO FILM