Meryl Streep the singing and dancing queen

When manufacturers of a new film version of the World Series win "Mamma Mia!" Meryl Streep was asked to play lead, Abba fan for a long time could not resist. She talks to John Hiscock in GreeceMamma Mia! Dream TeamTelegraph TV: behind the scenes of Mamma Mia!The Mamma Mia! PremiereMeryl Streep has written only one fan letter in his life, but it came down to what he calls a "dream role". Oscar-winning actor cast was moved to write a musical Mamma Mia! immediately after opening on Broadway to thank them for bringing joy to New York after September 11 days of attacks on the World Trade Centre.She had taken her 10 year old daughter and some friends for the new show in 2001 to take their minds off the tragedy. "We were allowed to float in the air," she recalls. "We were so excited. It would not have been a better tonic for the city, and I wrote the cast a note thanking them for music and what they gave us because it was something that means a lot right now. It was a gift not only for my little girl and her friends discouraged, but it was a gift to the entire city.

"I never imagined the cast would make copies of the letter and send it to England, and everyone have on their refrigerator, which told me much later what has the past. "

His note was not forgotten, and seven years later director Phyllida Lloyd, producer Judy Cramer and writer Catherine Johnson contacted her when casting a film version of the show and asked him to describe Donna, the owner of the 'Greek island hotels, he had three ex-lovers, on the eve of the marriage of his daughter.