The rom-com dream team almost reunited behind the camera.
Meg Ryanhas finally directed a rom-com withWhat Happens Later, her second directorial effort.
“We were dancing around that for a minute.
Meg Ryan and Nora Ephron.Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
These hawks end up on Fifth Avenue and the facade of this very tony [apartment] building.”
The story gained international attention in 2004 when the building’s co-op removed the nest, sparking an outcry.
The plan was for Ephron to write a film inspired by the 2004 incident, with Ryan directing.
Meg Ryan and David Duchovny in ‘What Happens Later’.Bleecker Street
“I was going to take a stab at direct; it was a long time ago.”
“I’m just grateful to her,” Ryan says.
“I have so many blessings in my life that I could trace back to her.
We fell in love with the same genre.
We were in love with it in the same way.”
“Her [work] was all around destiny and kismet and the idea of larger forces at work.
In this movie, it’s the airport.
It’s this environment that is irritating them and brokering their current interaction.
That is her element.
If rom-coms could secretly speak to the moment, she felt they were successful.”
What Happens Lateris playing in theaters starting this Friday.
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