Gallery: I’m just a girl standing in front of a boy! The secrets behind Notting Hill (BANG Showbiz)As well as drawing on the advice of her old drama teacher, Meryl's portrayal of the tough fashion guru was also inspired by actor-turned-director Clint Eastwood.
She explained: "It was a direct steal from the way I saw Clint Eastwood run a set. He's someone that guys really respect, and he never raises his voice, ever; the one time that he did, it so terrified people for two weeks, they were traumatised. "In drama school [a teacher] said, 'How you play a king has nothing to do with you - you're just you - it's how everybody else in the room acts when you enter it that makes you the king. ' It was all up to them to have this reaction.
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