Billy Crystal returns to Katz’s Deli for the first time since ‘When Harry Met Sally’

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reach the point of climax — alongside “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King. “I haven’t been here since we actually shot the movie,” Crystal told King, 68, as they went into the iconic Manhattan landmark during a recent episode.“When Harry Met Sally . . .” hit theaters in 1989 and was directed by Rob Reiner.

Ryan, now 62, and Crystal starred as the titular characters who become best friends-turned-lovers over the course of 12 years.While King and the Emmy winner munched on the Lower East Side eatery’s famed pastrami sandwiches, the latter reminisced about the movie.The “Running Scared” actor noted to King how it’s “an amazing phenomenon” that the movie still remains an iconic rom-com today.“[The film] is more important as time goes by,” Crystal said. “People fall in love every day.

People fall out of love every day. People find each other, they lose each other every day,” Crystal said.He added: “And new generations keep finding ‘When Harry Met Sally. . .’ They keep discovering it, and we’re forever young in that movie.

And we represent them. They relate to us.”Katz’s Delicatessen has even kept their own piece of cinematic history in relationship to the flick, with a plaque set near the table that Ryan and Crystal shot the scene.The sign reads “Where Harry Met Sally…Hope You Have What She Had!” The “Sleepless in Seattle” actress joked about the faking-orgasm scene when she spoke about honoree Crystal at the Kennedy Center Honors earlier this month.“The scene came really natural to me, and I really have Billy to thank for that,” Ryan joked at the pre-taped event. “I’ve never been around anyone who made faking an orgasm easier.”“The characters just came alive,” the “Addicted to Love” star added. “And just meeting him.