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Billy Crystalis throwing it back on his birthday.
As Crystal celebrated his 75th birthday Tuesday, theWhen Harry Met Sallyactor took an opportunity to pay homage to the iconic 1989 romantic comedy costarringMeg Ryan, sharing an image on Twitter recreating his character’s iconic pose from the film.
“Thank you all,” he wrote with the post, which showed a new photo of him recreating the scene’s memorable costume — a large white sweater, with blue jeans and white sneakers to match — along with an image of him from that moment inWhen Harry Met Sally.
“A person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sweater,” the account wrote.
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When Harry Met Sallycelebrates 34 years since theRob Reiner-directed rom-com hit movie theaters in July. In December, the Library of Congress announced thatWhen Harry Met Sallywasamong 25 films selectedas2022’s entries into the National Film Registry.
While recalling working on the film with the Library of Congress, the actor said “every shot is just right” in the beloved comedy.
“I just felt so plugged into the process of making the movie,” he said at the time. “… Not that anything is ever easy, but it was just such a joy to see it come to life.”
“The movie is beautiful and simple and appropriate, and every shot is just right,” the actor added, when asked what makesWhen Harry Met Sallystand out over 30 years later.
“The timing, which is in the hands of Rob, who is, for this movie, a modern-day Billy Wilder … and it’s New York, it’s the fall, it’s the music,” he said.
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When the film celebrated its 30th anniversary back in 2019, director Reiner, now 76, revealed that the film’s happy ending — Sally (Ryan) and Harry (Crystal) wind up together — was not originally in Nora Ephron’s script.
“Harry and Sally don’t get together. They meet each other years later and walk their separate ways,” Reiner toldCouchsurfing’s Lola Ogunnaike of initial plans for the film at the time, adding that plans changed after he met his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.
“I met my wife while making the movie and we changed the ending and this is what we came up with,” Reiner said. “Billy came up with some of this dialogue and that’s how we decided to end the movie, that they do end up together.”
source: people.com
