When Wes Craven guided Meryl Streep to an Oscar nominationIn 1999, sandwiched between two Scream sequels, horror maestro Wes Craven made another movie that is often forgotten by his legions of fans, despite it starring Meryl freakin’ Streep. Craven knew he had leverage for the first time in years, though, as he was only contracted to make one Scream movie. Whatever the case, Scream 2 was also a megahit, but Craven didn’t have time to rest on his laurels. (Credit: Alamy)Yes, you read that correctly: Craven didn’t initially tap Streep for the lead role in his very first sojourn outside of horror. “I had to have a very long, very erudite conversation with Meryl before she’d consider doing Music of the Heart,” Craven admitted.