Meryl Streep discusses with Cher about "Mamma Mia 2": "She steals the movie!" (Exclusive)

Brooke Anderson found the famous screen legend on the red carpet at the premiere of the London musical at Hammersmith Apollo on Monday, and Streep recounted how it was to work with the iconic performer. ", Enthuses the 69-year-old actress. "I arrived on the set the day she sang" Fernando. "It was my first day … And she just raised the lid of the place! I mean, she steals the movie ! "

Streep explained with a laugh that Cher" plays "her mother correctly in the long-awaited sequel – which is once again based on the classic hits of the Swedish pop band ABBA.

"Because she lived a much longer life than me," she added jokingly that Cher is 72, just three years older than Streep.

The pair played together in the 1983 drama Silkwood based on the life of the whistleblower and union activist Karen Silkwood, who died in a mysterious car accident.

AND caught up with Cher one day before the premiere of Monday, and the famous artist showered her co-star and longtime friend with praise. "

" We remained friends for all these years, but I can not believe that, [ Silkwood ] was my first film, and she helped me, "Cher recalls. "I mean, she was amazing, because I had no idea what I was doing."

"It's great to see her [again]," Cher adds, to work from new with Streep

radiant at the premiere of London, where actresses have smiled to photographers, and even shared a sweet kiss on the red carpet.

In both films Mamma Mia Streep also plays in front of Stellan Skarsgård, who plays lovers of her character's past and possible fathers to her daughter – played by Amanda Seyfried – coincidentally, in her role in the second season of the HBO drama Big Little Lies Streep will play the mother of Alexander Skarsgård, son of Stellan

., Streep explained that she had just shot scenes for the coming season a few days before having to travel to London for the premiere, and juggled with the experience of working with superstars like Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, who are also executive producers the hit series.

"I love having girls as a chef because they understand," shared Streep. "As we have a lot of great, fabulous, drunken meals together." The second season of Big Little Lies should be created in 2019.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again arrives in theaters on July 20th.