MERYL STREEP was once forced to sleep rough in a London park because she couldn’t afford anywhere to stay.
The Hollywood star came to the U.K. when she was a struggling actress in her twenties and earned her keep by busking for loose change.
Streep admits that some days she would not earn enough to pay for a hotel – and once had to spend the night in London’s Green Park.
She tells British magazine Closer, “On my very, very first trip to London, when I was 20, I went around busking to afford food and overnight accommodation. One night when I hadn’t earned enough, I actually slept in the open in Green Park, under a tree.
“The view was of the Ritz hotel and I vowed to myself that night that I was going to stay there one day – and I have!”
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