Editing Kramer vs. Kramer (section)

==Controversy==
Hoffman has been widely reported to have harassed Streep during the making of the film, and the two had a contentious working relationship.<ref name="Michael Schulman"/><ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/meryl-streep-calls-out-dustin-hoffman-kramer-vs-kramer-slap.html |title=Meryl Streep Calls Out Dustin Hoffman for Kramer vs. Kramer slap: 'It was overstepping' |first=Hunter |last=Harris |magazine=Vulture |date=2018-01-03 |access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> In a 1979 [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine interview, Streep claimed that Hoffman groped her breast on their first meeting, although a representative for Streep said the article was not "an accurate rendering of that meeting".<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/11/02/meryl_streep_recalled_dustin_hoffman_groping_her_breast_during_their_first.html| title=Meryl Streep once said Dustin Hoffman groped her breast the first time they met| first=Ruth |last=Graham| magazine=Slate| date=2017-11-02| access-date=2018-01-03| archive-date=2017-11-10| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110034926/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/11/02/meryl_streep_recalled_dustin_hoffman_groping_her_breast_during_their_first.html| url-status=live}}</ref> When Streep advocated portraying Joanna as more sympathetic and vulnerable than she was written, she received pushback from Hoffman.<ref name="Michael Schulman"/> Such was his commitment to [[method acting]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/31/method-acting-dustin-hoffman-meryl-streep| title=Method acting can go too far - just ask Dustin Hoffman| first=Michael |last=Simkins| work=The Guardian| date=2016-03-31| access-date=2018-01-03| archive-date=2019-12-03| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203121553/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/31/method-acting-dustin-hoffman-meryl-streep| url-status=live}}</ref> he would hurl insults and obscenities at Streep, taunt her with the name of her recently deceased fiancé, [[John Cazale]], claiming it was designed to draw a better performance from her.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/dustin-hoffman-slapped-and-taunted-meryl-streep-with-the-name-of-her-dead-boyfriend-book-claims-a6959356.html| title=Dustin Hoffman 'slapped and taunted Meryl Streep with the name of her dead boyfriend during filming', book claims| first=Olivia |last=Blair| work=The Independent| date=2016-03-30}}</ref> He famously shattered a wine glass against the wall without telling her (although he did inform the cameraman beforehand), sending glass shards into her hair. Her response was, "Next time you do that, I'd appreciate you letting me know."<ref name="Michael Schulman"/> In 2018, Streep claimed that Hoffman slapped her hard without warning while filming a scene. "This was my first film, and it was my first take in my first film, and he just slapped me. And you see it in the film. It was overstepping."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/movies/meryl-streep-tom-hanks-the-post-metoo.html| title=Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks on the #MeToo Moment and 'The Post'| first=Cara |last=Buckley| work=The New York Times| date=2018-01-03| access-date=2018-01-03| archive-date=2018-01-03| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103163503/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/movies/meryl-streep-tom-hanks-the-post-metoo.html| url-status=live}}</ref>