And these two stars arent merely dishing out cameo appearances with a couple of zingers.
Theyre seizing the helm and seizing our hearts in tandem.
The gestures ever-so-subtly heightened, the vocal cracking more distinct than customary of screen acting.

‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 3 Cast | Hulu
Her audition snags her the role.
But, this is the Streep were used to.
Its not exactly surprising.

However, somewhere between her audition and the first read-through, Loretta loses her way.
Loretta argues that this is how she finds her characters voice.
Not only is Streep playing a bad actress (in what parallel universe?!

Meryl Streep and Martin Short in ‘OMITB’ | Hulu
), shes playing a bad actress struggling to find her characters voice.
Her accents are part of her Acadamy Award-winning legacy.
We see youOMITB,and we appreciate you and all youre doing for us cinephiles at home.

Meryl Streep in ‘OMITB’ | Hulu
), she becomes a lovestruck woman with an innocent crush on Oliver.
Its sweet and sensitive.
Uplifting with a touch of somberness.

Paul Rudd in ‘OMITB’ | Hulu
For Olivers sake, were hoping for the former.
He is a supreme narcissist on an ego trip.
Hes the Marvel star in a room of D-listers, and he is unabashedly larger-than-life.
He uses this scene-stealing persona to masquerade his imposter syndrome.
And, only Paul Rudd, the ageless and charismatic wonder, could pull this off.
Somehow, we dont even hate him when hes being a jerk.
And, then, to top it off, he ends episode 2 with some glorious physical comedy.
Was it in the killers pocket?
Was it wrapped around the killers neck?