‘OMITB’ co-creator says Meryl Streep and Martin Short ‘love each other’ off-screen

Marcin Krótki AND Meryl Streep were denying rumors of an affair for almost a year, but it cannot be denied that there is chemistry between them Only murders in the building characters – so much so that one of the show’s creators is now starting to wonder.

John Hoffman created the hit Hulu series Steve Martin and serves as the series’ executive producer and writer. In a new interview, Hoffman said it has been “incredible” to watch Streep, 75, and Short, 74, build their relationship on screen – and off.

“You know, it’s one of the most unexpected twists, but I remember thinking, ‘God.’ “When I met Meryl, like I met Marty, and when I watched them work together in season three, it was just… it was unbelievable,” he said Decisive.

“We laughed until we cried and they just delighted in each other on and off screen in every way.”

Streep joined the cast in season 3 as Broadway star Loretta Durkin, who develops a bond with Short’s character, Oliver Putnam, and their storyline particularly impressed the actress.

Hoffman revealed that one day, after filming the ferry scene in Season 3, Streep “had tears in her eyes” and waited until she got off the boat to “thank her.”

“I thought, ‘What?’ and she said, “I just got to do a scene that I really thought I wouldn’t have a chance to do romantic scenes like that with this band, it’s just the greatest thing ever.” ” – he recalled Streep saying.

Hoffman said he felt “the luckiest guy in the world to have (Streep) around the set that I was close to,” so hearing him appreciate Loretta’s story “felt like one of the most rewarding things.”

“And I kept thinking, ‘I hope the world falls in love with this couple like we all do,’” he said. “And that’s because of the magic they create together.”

While the chemistry between their characters is undeniable, in real life the actors still insist that they are just friends, despite speculation that began after PEOPLE confirmed last year that Streep was separated from her husband Don Gummer for six years.

in January Short’s rep told PEOPLE that the pair are “just very good friends and nothing more“, which the actor himself later talked about Bill Maher“We are not a couple, we are just very close friends”

He told PEOPLE a short time later it was “accidentally” that Streep joined the show as her character’s love interest. “They had already planned for me to have theater experience and a love interest. It was a coincidence, but she just wanted to be on the show. She didn’t know about (the love story).”

Short’s friend and colleague I had some fun speculatingthough. On October 18, Martin, 79, posted a photo of Streep and Short from last year, but added an emoji to cover his face in the photo.

He left the post without a caption, prompting fans to speculate further in the comments, with one writing: “I’m taking this as confirmation. I’ve never been so interested in celebrity couple gossip before.”

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Only murders in the building Seasons 1-4 can be streamed on Hulu.