So, Streep rewrote much of her dialogue, which led to tension with her co-star, Hoffman, who felt she was trying to upstage him.

Streep commands the screen because the audience generally cannot wait to see who she is going to be.

Streep plays Violet Weston, a woman unraveled after her husband's suicide.

With Streep, you always expect her to be all Meryl Streep-y.