Lea Michele Reveals Letter To Barbra Streisand After Landing ‘Funny Girl’ – Hollywood Life
Lea Michele still admire the role she shared with the legend of the silver screen Barbra Streisand. And on the Monday, December 5 episode of Late night with Seth Meyers, The 36-year-old actress revealed what happened when Babs sent her a letter after accepting the lead role in the movie Funny girl. Lea told the host: “Oh my god, I did, I finally got the news from Barbra. Seth Meyers. “I went to work the other day and my wardrobe… has this golden envelope. It’s like, I don’t know, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory invited. I think it will come on pigeons.” Seth asked if it was heavy, delight alum joked, “No, it’s as light as a feather,” in Barbra’s distinct voice.
And as for content? “So sweet, she wrote me this beautiful letter,” she said. “There was one thing she said in there, she said, ‘It’s great when your dreams come true, isn’t it?’ And I knelt down. i called Ryan Murphymy mother, Jonathan Groffand Michael Mayer. I was like, ‘These are the people who need to know.’” Michael Mayer is the show’s director.
The Quiet However, the star isn’t the only one supporting Lea’s big move to Broadway. hollywood life spoke EXCLUSIVELY to Lea’s BFF, Jonathan about what he told Lea before she debuted as Fanny. “I texted that morning, I was driving from Pennsylvania where I live, my mom and I were going to see her,” he said. told hollywood life ONLY at Disney’s D23 Expo in September. “And I said, ‘it feels like Christmas morning.’ And we were FaceTimed the night before, and I said, ‘It feels like Christmas Eve.’ Like when you’re looking forward to the big day.”
Lea’s longtime friend said on her first night of acting in a former Barbra role, we all “watched a girl become a woman right in front of our eyes.”