Meryl Streep

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**[WARNING: This page contains spoilers for the At the Mountains of Dadness side-quest. The "After the Campaign" section contains spoilers for Season 1: Odyssey.]**

> *"Come here, baby, and hold your body next to mine, and rub it against me a little bit."*
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**Meryl Streep** is a player character in the At the Mountains of Dadness side-quest. He is a silent film era star that has fallen on hard times. He is the maternal grandfather of Glenn Close. He is played by Freddie Wong.

## Description

> *"I play not Glenn Close, but, in fact, Meryl Streep: a similarly named star, actor - stage and screen of the silent era. Falling into a bit of hard times now that talkies have made their way. So, sort of like a former huge, big deal. But, as the movies made the transition to sound, has not quite found his foothold in Hollywood. As, y'know, being of Asian descent has made it a little bit more difficult to find roles. But, was once a big deal, and still carries himself as such." - Freddie's description.*
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### Appearance

Meryl is extraordinarily handsome. Even though he is struggling financially, he keeps up appearances and dresses very well. He is Asian, and living in the 1930s, but that doesn't stop people from having "untoward thoughts" about him.

### Personality

Meryl is a rude, hard-to-please has-been. He believes in his own talent as an actor to be incredible, and is very much offended at having to take roles or do tasks that he deems below his status. He is pushy and is constantly trying to revive his declining acting career. He is dismissive of anyone that he believes is beneath him.

## At the Mountains of Dadness

### Chapter 1: Casting Call of Cthulhu

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### Chapter 2: Choo Choo, Cthulhu!

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### Chapter 3: Nuclear Family

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## After the Campaign

By the end of the campaign, Meryl is killed by J.J. Abrams. As Freddie predicted in his Grandad fact for Chapter 3, Meryl had no idea that he would have been a father. He slept around quite a lot, and may as well have had other children. He never met his daughter, Christine, or his grandson, Glenn Close. Glenn doesn't know that Meryl, acclaimed star of stage and screen is his grandfather.

## (Grand)Dad Facts

* Chapter 1: The first movie that Meryl starred in had a very similar plot to the film Kramer vs. Kramer. (This fact was inspired by a joke made by Beth.)
* Chapter 2: During prohibition, Meryl purchased a large stash of bootleg liquor with the plan to turn it around for a hefty profit. Unfortunately, he bought the alcohol on December 4th, 1933 - and prohibition ended the next day. This failed investment was the start of Meryl's financial woes.
* Chapter 3: Meryl will never meet his daughter and has no idea that he will be a father. (Freddie is "hedging his bets" with this fact because he doesn't think Meryl will survive this episode.) Because of this, Glenn Close has no idea that Meryl Streep is his grandfather.

## Other Facts

* Freddie says that Meryl is loosely based off of Sessue Hayakawa, a real-life Japanese silent film era heartthrob.
* Meryl has a Duesenberg, which is a car known for its high quality and price.
* Meryl had "lavish parties" in the Hollywood Hills about ten years prior to the beginning of the sidequest.
* Meryl used to have a butler, but doesn't anymore. This is likely because he can no longer afford it.
* Many people have had "untoward feelings" about Meryl. This includes the wife of R. L. Stein, the wife of Danny Devito, the girlfriend of Robert Wilson and Stud Stampler.
* Meryl, like the rest of the party, smokes. (It's 1939. Of course he does.)
* Meryl has good stats for Throw because he did track and field in high school.
* Meryl has good stats for Listen because "good acting is good listening".
* Meryl attended Harvard University. This is where he learned to shoot a gun.
* Meryl thinks that Glenn is a good name.

## Quotes

* "The worst possible thing that could happen to us is: we get all the way to Tennessee, and we get on set, and I'm unprepared."
* "Skill and luck. Two things that you need as an actor."
* "Listen. Make sure you underline anything that's my part in the script. I don't know what my part is. Just whatever one has the most lines. That's probably me."
* "I got a spark for you right here, bub!"
* Last words: "Hold me close, baby, and rub your body against mine."