Barbra Streisand To Join 'Meet The Fockers'


Barbra Streisand has agreed to play Mrs Focker in Meet the Parents sequel, Meet the Fockers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

News of Streisand playing Ben Stillers mother first was broke by her husband James Brolin who told Access Hollywood entertainment TV show.

Barbra Streisand hasn't appeared on film since 1996's The Mirror Has Two Faces.

Fockers is being directed by Jay Roach. Stiller, De Niro, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo are returning in their original roles. Dustin Hoffman was cast as Stiller's father in January.

In the sequel, Greg Focker (Stiller) and his fiancee, Pam Byrnes (Polo), have won over Byrnes' parents, Jack (De Niro) and Dina (Danner). But when the tightly wound Byrnes family is introduced to Greg's parents, the hyper-relaxed Fockers, there's an immediate clash.

Streisand won a best actress Oscar for 1969's Funny Girl and was nominated in the same category for 1973's 'The Way We Were'.

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