Meg Ryan returns to the cinema after an eight-year absence with a new romantic comedy. She told People magazine the reasons for this long break she took.
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At 61, American actress and producer Meg Ryan can look back on a successful career. From “When Harry Met Sally” in 1989 (currently streaming on Prime Video) to “What Happens Later,” her new film released on November 3, 2023, she has not only achieved success but also recognition from her Colleagues learn what is not the case. This applies to all artists of the 7th art. Despite everything, the one who celebrates her birthday this Sunday, November 19, 2023, wanted to take a “big break” in her career before her reappearance in this new comedy of which she is the poster and which she also wrote and directed . At the beginning of this new promotion, she explained the reasons to the American magazine People.
Meg Ryan confided, “There were so many other aspects of my experience that I wanted to develop further.”
Meg Ryan is a bit like the queen of American romantic comedies. In addition to the legendary Harry and Sally, whose filming had a romantic twist, we find the man who blew up Manu Payet in several films, many of which are currently on Prime Video, such as White Nights in Seattle ( 1992). ). ), For the Love of a Woman (1994), You Have Message (1999) and Addicted to Love (1997). These films with impressive names brought him fame and status. Despite everything, she didn’t want to be in the spotlight at all costs. “I took a big break because I felt like there were so many other aspects of my experience as a human being that I wanted to develop,” she told American magazine. Because of this, she took an eight-year break between “Ithaca,” which hit theaters in 2015, and “What Happens Later.”
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Meg Ryan also has a busy personal life
Meg Ryan is a mother of two children, Jack, 32, and Daisy, 18, whom she adopted in 2006. She has a busy personal life. As she also revealed, she doesn’t want her professional life to take precedence over others, nor does she want her career to be the top priority. “It’s nice to look at it as a job and not a lifestyle. And it’s a great way for me to navigate it,” she also said. His new comedy is about two lovers who are stuck at a regional airport. An idea that she had during the Covid crisis, and certainly also a little thanks to the time she knows how to give herself.
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