Meg Ryan on Writing and Directing Her First Rom-Com, Trio of Upcoming Projects and Life in Hollywood After 60: ‘I Am the Luckiest Person’ Alive
variety.comChristopher Vourlias Rom-com queen Meg Ryan charmed a packed house during an appearance at the Sarajevo Film Festival on Tuesday, reprising some of her iconic roles in movies including “When Harry Met Sally” and “You’ve Got Mail” while also opening up about her life and career in the movie business since turning 60. “I don’t look at the downside very often.
I am the luckiest person you’re ever going to meet,” she said. “I don’t have feelings like I’m being denied anything. I have a charmed existence and I work with incredible people.” Ryan is appearing at the Bosnian fest to receive a lifetime achievement award and to present her latest film, “What Happens Later,” a romantic comedy that she directed, wrote and executive produced, and in which she stars opposite David Duchovny as ex-lovers who find themselves stranded by a snowstorm.
She’s also presenting a special screening of her 1998 hit romantic comedy “You’ve Got Mail” at the Coca-Cola Open Air Cinema, the same venue where it screened 25 years ago at the Sarajevo fest’s fifth edition.
Tuesday’s masterclass, moderated by Academy Award-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanović (“No Man’s Land”), opened with a clip of the iconic deli scene in “When Harry Met Sally,” which drew no less an enthusiastic response from the Sarajevo audience as it has throughout the 35 years since its release.
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