SlappingMeryl Streepisn’t something one does lightly.

“The Undoingstar said on Friday’s episode ofThe Tonight Show.

“We were so into it, both of us, character-wise.

Big Little Lies Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep

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So we were kind of circling each other at the time.

She would sit in one corner, I’d sit in another.”

“I think that’s the one they used, if I remember correctly.

Her glasses sort of go askew.”

“But I never hit her face,” she added.

“I’m pretty good with that.”

And there were no hard feelings: Kidman and Streep would later reunite for 2020’sThe Prom.

“She did the number, and I just broke into applause in the rehearsal room.

The woman is insanely talented.”

Kidman is currently in negotiationsto playLucille BallinAaron Sorkin’s upcoming filmBeing the Ricardos, alongsideJavier BardemasDesi Arnaz.

Streep, meanwhile, can also be seen inSteven Soderbergh’s latest filmLet Them All Talkon HBO Max.