Meryl Streep shares a kiss with Cher at Mamma Mia premiere

By Heidi Parker

Daily Mail·

17 Jul, 2018 09:06 PM2 mins to read

Cher and Meryl Streep lock lips at the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again world premiere. Photo / Getty

Meryl Streep thinks Cher 'steals' the show in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.

The 69-year-old actress has reprised her role as Donna Sheridan in the musical sequel but she has admitted the legendary singer, who plays her mother Ruby, was the one who had all eyes on her, especially when she started singing the ABBA hit Fernando according to DailyMail.

Cher and Meryl Streep attend the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again world premiere at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith on July 16, 2018 in London, England. Photo / Getty

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Streep said: 'It was fantastic. I came on the set the day that she sang Fernando. That was my first day... And she just lifted the lid off the place! I mean, she steals the movie!'

This is the first time Meryl has appeared in the follow-up to one of her films.

Streep then joked that the 72-year-old singer 'appropriately' plays her mother in the movie because she's 'lived longer' than her - despite only being three years older.
She quipped: 'She's lived a much longer life than I have.'

(L-R) Christine Baranski, producer Judy Craymer, Cher, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Alexa Davies, Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried and Lily James attend the UK Premiere. Photo / Getty

The pair previously worked together on the 1983 drama Silkwood and, although this is the first time since then that they have starred alongside one another, Cher felt more relaxed knowing that she'd have the actress on hand to help her.

She explained: 'We've stayed friends all these years. I cannot believe that, but [Silkwood] was my first film, and she helped me.

'I mean, she was unbelievable because I had no idea what I was doing. It's great to see her [again].'

Although Cher was a big fan of ABBA - whose music soundtracks the movie - before she started work on the film, she recently admitted that she hadn't appreciated how 'complicated' the songs were until she started singing herself.