![]() "I knew from agents and managers that had met with almost every male actor my age, except me," the star wrote in his memoir, admitting he was nervous to push it because they were best friends. All the while, Crystal, a well-known comedic star but not exactly the first actor you thought of when considering a rom-com leading man, was just waiting for the call. ![]() They approached Michael Keaton, Tom Hanks-"I don't think Tom ever regretted not doing it," Ephron would later say, "because he just never knew how to play it"- Albert Brooks, Richard Dreyfuss…they all passed. While Ephron initially saw Reiner, best known for his acting work on the iconic sitcom All in the Family, possibly playing Harry, especially given that he was the inspiration for the character, the director wanted a bankable leading man. It was Reiner's decision to add the ellipses, much to Ephron's chagrin (which was shared by most publications and journalists as they are rarely used in the film's media coverage).īonnie Schiffman/Castle Rock/Nelson/Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstockģ. Other titles considered were Boy Meets Girl, It Had to Be You, and Harry, This Is Sally before When Harry Met Sally. Initially they called the movie Scenes From a Friendship, a rift on Ingmar Bergman's Scenes From a Marriage (1973), one of Reiner's inspirations for the movie. And then they have sex and it ruins the friendship." Ephron was in immediately, and began taking notes as Reiner, who had been divorced for 10 years, and producer Andy Scheinman talked about their dating lives as bachelors, with many of their experiences and quotes ending up in the script.Ģ. A few weeks later, they met up again, with Reiner eventually saying: "Two people become friends at the end of the first major relationship in each of their lives and they made a decision not to have sex because it will ruin the friendship. So their meal turned to their personal lives. The inspiration for the movie came when Reiner, fresh off of his success from the classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, set up with a meeting with Ephron, fresh off of Silkwood's success, to pitch her a courtroom drama.
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