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When “Harry and Sally” came out in 1989, romantic comedies from Hollywood mostly dealt with the problems of living together between men and women. Of course, one of the silliest scenes will probably remain with the large audience forever: Meg Ryan, moaning until she is unconscious and faking an orgasm.
In order to explain to her lover Harry (Billy Crystal) that he may not be as perfect in bed as he thinks and that women know how to provide satisfaction with skillful acting, Sally (Meg Ryan) shows him a fake climax in a restaurant. An action with consequences. The waiters now have to deliver the food that makes such storms possible.
Not embarrassing for a second
At the Film Festival in Locarno Some time ago, Meg Ryan received an honorary award for her life’s work. The Swiss tabloid “Blick” reported at the time that a woman in the audience really wanted to know what the fake orgasm in “Harry and Sally” was all about and who came up with the cheeky number.
Meg Ryan honestly: “We had room to improvise and I wanted it to come across as funny. Then I came up with the idea that instead of talking about it, I could just perform it.” Director Rob Reiner thought the idea was great and let the actress do it. A cinematic stroke of luck that didn’t embarrass Meg Ryan for a second, as she herself admitted. Unlike many viewers who stormed out of the film in outrage when it opened.