'Reese and I were literally screaming on the phone!' Nicole Kidman revaels she convinced Meryl Streep to star in the second season of Big Little Lies via text message
In January HBO announced Meryl Streep had signed on to portray Mary Louise Wright, Celeste Wright's (Nicole Kidman) mother-in-law on Big Little Lies season two.
Now, Nicole, 51, has shared fresh details about how she managed to confinve three-time Oscar winner, 69, to star in the Emmy-winning.
The Australian star told Foxtel Magazine (June edition) the hit show's author, Liane Moriarty specifically asked for Meryl to join the show.
Getting their golden girl! 'Reese and I were literally screaming on the phone!' Nicole Kidman (left) convinced Meryl Streep (right) to star in Big Little Lies season two via text message
Upon Liane's request, Nicole, who co-produces Big Little Lies with Reese Witherspoon, sent the award-winning actress a text message and insisted that she sign on for the second season.
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Meryl, however, only responded to Nicole's SMS after Big Little Lies won an impressive four Golden Globes last year.
'Reese [Witherspoon] and I said, 'We can't get you Meryl!' but then I sent Meryl a text and, when she responded after the Globes, Reese and I were literally screaming on the phone with each other!' Nicole said.
![Nabbing a superstar! 'Reese [Witherspoon] and I said, 'We can't get you Meryl!' but then I sent Meryl a text and, when she responded after the Globes, Reese and I were literally screaming on the phone with each other!' Nicole told Foxtel Magazine's June edition](http://web.archive.org/web/20190523045533/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/05/21/15/13767204-7053983-image-m-26_1558449406352.jpg)
![Nabbing a superstar! 'Reese [Witherspoon] and I said, 'We can't get you Meryl!' but then I sent Meryl a text and, when she responded after the Globes, Reese and I were literally screaming on the phone with each other!' Nicole told Foxtel Magazine's June edition](http://web.archive.org/web/20190523045533im_/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/05/21/15/13767204-7053983-image-m-26_1558449406352.jpg)
Nabbing a superstar! 'Reese [Witherspoon] and I said, 'We can't get you Meryl!' but then I sent Meryl a text and, when she responded after the Globes, Reese and I were literally screaming on the phone with each other!' Nicole told Foxtel Magazine's June edition
SMS: Upon Liane's request, Nicole, (left) who co-produces Big Little Lies with Reese Witherspoon, (right) sent the award-winning actress a text message and insisted that she sign on for the second season
'She (Meryl) wrote: 'Well, this just means I have to do it, huh?'' Nicole added.
Late last year, Nicole applauded the 69-year-old for her role in the HBO series and hinted she will shake up the popular series.
Speaking to The Sun-Herald in December 2018, Nicole, who won a Golden Globe for her role in the HBO show, said: 'You need a Meryl, someone to come in and shake us up.'
'She helps us get into the ramifications of how the first season ended. The weight of that is heavy. It has to be. There's no way around it.'
'You need a Meryl!' Nicole applauded Meryl for her role in Big Little Lies season two in an interview late last year. Pictured at the 79th Annual Academy Awards
Meryl portrays Mary Louise, the mother-in-law of Nicole Kidman's character, Celeste Wright, who comes to town with questions about the death of her son Perry (Alexander Skarsgård).
In the lead-up to the new season, Nicole revealed she thinks the HBO series is one of her greatest accomplishments career-wise.
In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph this month, Nicole revealed she has 'never been in something' that has had such a huge global reach and insisted it was the huge demand from fans that led to another season.
Big Little Lies, based on the book of the same name by author Liane Moriarty, follows the lives of six mothers living in California and the rivalries that form between them.
Big Little Lies is set to return to HBO in June and will see the addition of Meryl Streep as Mary Louise, a woman determined to get to the bottom of a death that rocked the group in its inaugural season.
Big Little Lies season two! Meryl (left) portrays Celeste Wright's (Nicole Kidman) (right) skeptical mother-in-law, Mary Louise, who comes to town with questions about the death of her son Perry (Alexander Skarsgård)
