{"id":208989,"date":"2025-06-24T00:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T00:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/208989\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T00:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T00:20:14","slug":"meet-the-parents-star-wants-a-lot-of-money-to-return-for-00s-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/208989\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Parents star wants ‘a lot of money’ to return for 00s sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\tMeet the Parents has spawned two sequels over the years (Picture: Universal)<\/p>\n

Barbra Streisand has shared her annoyance over not being paid as much as her male co-stars for her role in Meet the Fockers.<\/p>\n

The 83-year-old has commanded a huge career spanning decades<\/a> thanks to her incredible voice as well as her talents in front of the screen, appearing in A Star Is Born, Funny Girl, Yentil and A Star is Born.<\/p>\n

In 2004, the Tell Him singer shared the screen with Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller<\/a>, Dustin Hoffman and Blythe Danner in the Meet the Parents sequel, appearing as eccentric sex therapist Roz Focker.<\/p>\n

She reprised her role in the 2010 follow-up but, speaking in a new interview, she declared that she would have to be paid \u2018a lot of money\u2019 to return to the fold once more.<\/p>\n

When asked if we could see Roz in the upcoming movie<\/a> alongside fellow musician Ariana Grande \u2013 who recently signed onto the project \u2013 the EGOT winner didn\u2019t mince her words.<\/p>\n

\u2018Oh my God. They\u2019d have to pay me a lot of money because I didn\u2019t get paid what the other people got paid and so I\u2019m p***ed off,\u2019 she told Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tBarbra played Roz Focker opposite Blythe Danner (Picture: Universal)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tShe got very close to Robert De Niro on screen (Picture: Universal)<\/p>\n

\u2018I was in the time when women were getting paid less than the men. The head of Universal was Ron Meyer at the time, and he actually sent me a bonus check. It was very sweet.\u2019<\/p>\n

Barbra kept tight-lipped over how much she was paid for her scene-stealing stint as Roz, but teased that a string of other acting offers had come her way.<\/p>\n

\u2018I get a lot of offers, but they\u2019re funny offers,\u2019 she continued. \u2018Well, one was good. It was something that\u00a0Peter Bogdanovich\u00a0was going to do and\u00a0Guillermo del Toro\u00a0sent it to me, I think.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s a subject that I actually love, but I\u2019m not going to tell you. I\u2019m not ready to direct again. I think I\u2019ve probably had it.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tThe Meet the Fockers sequel hit the big screen in 2004 (Picture: Universal)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tBarba said she was paid a lot less than the men in the cast (Picture: Universal)<\/p>\n

Meet the Parents was first released in October 2000, and followed\u00a0Ben as Gaylord \u2018Greg\u2019 Focker, a nurse meeting his girlfriend\u2019s family for the very first time.<\/p>\n

His attempts to impress Jack and Dina Byrnes, played by\u00a0Robert and Blythe respectively, didn\u2019t quite go as planned,\u00a0leading to lie detectors and lost cats<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The original was a huge hit and became the seventh highest-grossing film in 2000 after raking in more than $330million at the global box office, sparking two sequels.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tThe first film was released in 2000 (Picture: Universal)<\/p>\n

The 2004 follow-up focused on the Byrnes family meeting Greg\u2019s loved ones for the first time, with Dustin and\u00a0Barbra joining in the chaos as the head of the Focker crew, while the third centered around the couple raising two young sons.<\/p>\n

Meet the Parents 4 is currently slated to be released on November 25, 2026.<\/p>\n

According to reports, it will see the extended family come together when Greg and Pam are introduced to their future daughter-in-law, who \u2018seems all wrong\u2019 for their son.<\/p>\n

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