Meryl Streep Too Brutto?

She may be able to do any accent in the world and she can’t step in front of a camera without earning an Oscar nomination but, for some people, Meryl Streep isn’t worth the price of admission.

The acting deity auditioned for the lead role in 1976’s King Kong (which eventually went to Jessica Lange) but Italian producer Dino De Laurentis thought she was too ugly for the part and said so…in Italian.

Not realizing Meryl was fluent.

Streep says, “He said to his son, who organized the meeting, ‘She’s ugly. Why did you bring me this thing?’ He didn’t realize I’d just graduated and studied Italian 105. When I replied, in Italian, he looked like he had been shot.”

Of course she speaks Italian.

She can probably run a five minute mile and whip up a flawless soufflé too, she’s Meryl Streep for crying out loud.