Meg Ryanmade a rare public appearance in support ofMichael J. Foxin New York City.
On Thursday, Ryan, 61, was photographed posing on a couch with Fox, also 61, and his wifeTracy Pollanat a special screening for the documentaryStill: A Michael J. Fox Movieat Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in Manhattan.
TheWhen Harry Met Sallyactress, who sported a black coat and red sweater to the screening, was last photographed out in N.Y.C. ahead of her birthday six months ago.
Ryan has largely stayed away from the movie industry in recent years. Her last acting role came in her directorial debut for 2015’sIthaca, in which she costarred with Tom Hanks. Eight years later, the actress and filmmaker isexpected to return to the big screenwith a romantic comedy she wrote, directed and will star in titledWhat Happens Later.
The project was announced back in May 2022. At the time, Ryan she shared a poster for the film onInstagramand wrote in the caption, “HERE WE GO!!”
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“It is exciting to have Meg Ryan bring the weight of her experience in the genre to the director’s chair and to matchmake her with such a wonderful sparring partner in David Duchovny,” Gabrielle Stewart from distributor HanWay Films said in a statement toVarietyat the time of the film’s announcement.
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Back in 2019, RyantoldThe New York Times Magazinethat she was writing something in the genre that she hoped to direct while speaking about her classic string of Nora Ephron-written rom-coms.
“I’m aware now that romantic comedies are confections, but they have construction. There’s architecture. It’s not something I was aware of back then,” she said at the time, adding, “But I don’t think that because things are tragic they’re deeper. Think about Nora Ephron. Her observation about romantic comedies is that they were commenting on their time in an intelligent way, but with the intention to delight.”
source: people.com
