Barbra Streisand nonetheless offers a “fock” about her “Meet the Fockers” wage. The EGOT winner, who seems in “Meet the Dad and mom” franchise installments “Meet the Fockers” (2004) and “Little Fockers” (2010), instructed Selection that she was “pissed off” by the wage discrepancies throughout the ensemble forged.
Streisand performed Ben Stiller’s onscreen mom Roz, with Dustin Hoffman as her husband. The duo had been the in-law foils to Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner, the mother and father of Stiller’s spouse (Teri Polo). A fourth “Meet the Dad and mom” movie was introduced earlier this 12 months, with Stiller, De Niro, Danner, Polo, and Owen Wilson (who starred as Polo’s ex) reprising their roles. Nevertheless, don’t wager on Streisand’s return.
“They’d need to pay me some huge cash as a result of I didn’t receives a commission what the opposite individuals acquired paid and so I’m pissed off,” the icon mentioned whereas selling her album, “The Secret of Life: Companions, Quantity Two.”
She added, “I used to be within the time when ladies had been getting paid lower than the lads. The pinnacle of Common was Ron Meyer on the time, and he truly despatched me a bonus verify. It was very candy.”
But Streisand remains to be working parallel to the “Meet the Dad and mom” universe: The singer collaborates with “Meet the Dad and mom 4” actress Ariana Grande for the track “One Coronary heart, One Voice” off the brand new album. Streisand mentioned that Grande has one of many “hottest, largest, most fantastic voices” within the trade. Grande is ready for an undisclosed function within the fourth “Meet the Dad and mom” movie, which will probably be launched November 25, 2026. John Hamburg, the co-writer of the primary three “Meet the Dad and mom” movies, writes and directs the fourth.
As for her different doable appearing roles, Streisand stayed mum. “I get a variety of presents, however they’re humorous presents. Properly, one was good. It was one thing that Peter Bogdanovich was going to do, and Guillermo del Toro despatched it to me, I feel. It’s a topic that I truly love, however I’m not going to let you know,” she mentioned. “I at all times needed to finish my profession, my film profession doing ‘Gypsy.’ That will’ve been the e-book finish to my ‘Humorous Lady’ play. I couldn’t get that carried out. Time goes so quick.”
Streisand is at the moment in manufacturing on a multi-part documentary about her life, with Frank Marshall directing and Alex Gibney producing. Streisand herself, although, isn’t trying to direct anytime quickly. “I’m not able to direct once more,” the “Yentl” filmmaker mentioned. “I feel I’ve most likely had it.”