Meg Ryan is an actor, writer and director, most popularly known as the star of Nora Ephron's hit romantic comedies likeRyan's back on the big screen after an eight-year hiatus, and this time she's directing the characters as well as portraying one of them.follows two ex-lovers who are forced to reconnect in an airport as they wait out delays from a winter storm.host Juana Summers on the inspiration for this modern love story, and balancing being on both sides of the camera.
There were a lot of challenges in it that appealed to me. How do you make these two characters enter a time machine? And your budget is so small, the challenge was all about this distillation. And I was really, really up for that challenge, and so was David. really perspective, you know. These two people are looking back on a life that they did not live together.
And their lives are a result of a lot of misunderstanding — they're reacting to each other for these 20 years, and they haven't had their facts straight. She assumed that he was at fault and she blames him, and then she learns otherwise. So that's from a mature perspective. And so it isn't necessarily about aging. It's about a perspective you gain as a mature person.I just don't know how to answer that question. I mean, I think love stories are pretty much mostly about obstacles. And in this case, these are two people whoseare the obstacle. And I think what's also interesting about them is exactly what they love about each other is exactly why they broke up. And I think that's a very common thing.
There's a marveling and a magic through the whole thing as you pass it off to different groups of people. And I feel like you can really feel it when you see the movie, because it then unzips you a little bit in terms of your heart."She had pure delight on a movie set, and now I understand that," Ryan said."I also understand she was tough, and she had a way of being in the world of Hollywood — very intellectual and stern — sometimes to get what she wanted.