For the scene, Short, 74, was seen with his arms around Streep’s waist as he smiled at her. Streep, 74, rested her hands against his chest and smiled back. The costars — whose characters are due to embark on a romance in the forthcoming season after dropping hints in season 3 — leaned their foreheads close together while they filmed, making the scene look all the more intimate.Streep stars on the show as Broadway actress Loretta Durkin, who developed a romance with Short’s character while they worked together on his play, but at the end of season 3, she received an offer to work in Los Angeles, leaving her and Oliver’s future unknown.
The May 29 sighting of the actors filming together means fans will at least get a few shared moments between the characters in the upcoming season, which is set to premiere August 27.
