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100 BAFTA Moments - Meryl Streep says 'I would like to spank...' in 2003

6 January 2015

33 days to go - Meryl Streep experiences a rare slip of the tongue

In 2003, Meryl Streep accepted the Adapted Screenplay award for Adaption. (2002) on behalf of Charlie Kaufman and his (fictional) brother Donald. With the audience in stitches as Streep read out Kaufman's speech, Streep unexpectedly said "I would like to spank" rather than " I "would like to thank"! You can watch the speech in full below, featuring Renée Zellweger, Martin Scorsese, Nicole Kidman and many more. 

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