Director John Patrick Shanley was ` ` quite astonished '' by Streep 's acting in ` ` Doubt '' She stars opposite another Hollywood star , Philip Seymour Hoffman . Shanley on shooting : ` ` The set looks like the one that prizefighters get into '' Streep , Hoffman and co - stars , Viola Davis and Amy Adams Kramer '' in 1979 . are all Oscar nominated .
Director John Patrick Shanley was ` ` quite astonished '' by Streep 's acting in ` ` Doubt '' She stars opposite another Hollywood star , Philip Seymour Hoffman . Shanley on shooting : ` ` The set looks like the one that prizefighters get into '' Streep , Hoffman and co - stars , Viola Davis and Amy Adams are all Oscar nominated .