Viola Davis Remembers the Hilarious Moment Meryl Streep ‘Dropped’ Her Line on Set of Their 2008 Film

Nearly 20 years after Viola Davis met Meryl Streep on set of their 2008 film, Doubt, the Oscar winner hilariously recalled a moment the Devil Wears Prada star stumbled on set.

“Memorizing is the least difficult part of acting,” Davis, 60, told Amy Poehler on the Tuesday, March 17, episode of her Good Hang podcast. “You know when you have another actor looking in your face and they’re waiting for the line — now, I’m big with this.”

She went on to recall the moment Streep, 76, forgot her dialogue.

“She had a line, I had a line, or whatever and then nothing. I’m looking in her face, nothing. She’s saying nothing, I’m saying nothing. Obviously someone dropped the line,” she explained. “And then I realize, she’s the one who dropped the line. Meryl freaking Streep dropped the line.”

According to Davis, Streep continued to forget her part during three more retakes.

“And in my brain I was like, ‘Say the f**king line!’ But I can’t tell Meryl Streep, ‘You forgot the line, Meryl. You keep forgetting the line,'” Davis continued. “And finally we did it. And she was like, ‘Why does something feel off?’ And I said, ‘Because you keep forgetting the line. You forgot the line, Meryl.'”

Despite Streep flubbing her spot in the conversation, the film went on to earn multiple Academy Award nominations, including for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, for Streep and Davis, respectively.