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Talented actress Meryl Streep has jumped from the lighthearted musical “Mama Mia!” to the more serious moral drama “Doubt”.   Her fans might feel strange seeing a sudden change from her wanton and devil-may-care attitude in Mama Mia to an authoritative and moral-conscious nun in her new movie.

Meryl Streep, who plays Sister Aloysius Beauvier in Doubt, said she had fun doing the movie and admitted that wearing the “habit” (the traditional nun garb) can be a habit! Streep co-stars with Amy Adams and the latter also got to wear the habit in the movie.  What is good about the habit, Adams said, is that she did not have to suck in.

The Oscar-winning actress’ new movie had a special red carpet screening in Beverly Hills. The story focuses on a lot of moral and immoral things including the abuse of a black student by a priest.  Setting aside any Oscars aspiration, director John Patrick Shanley said they did the movie because it meant something to them.

Doubt focuses on the stringent rules of a Bronx Catholic school and the struggle of its principal (Sister Aloysius) to keep it closely guarded.