She liked what she was having.
Meg Ryan honored former co-star Billy Crystal Sunday during the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors — by roasting him over their infamous “When Harry Met Sally…” orgasm scene.
“The scene came really natural to me and I really have Billy to thank for that,” Ryan, 62, told the crowd, per The Daily Mail. “I’ve never been around anyone who made faking an orgasm easier.”
In the 1989 romantic comedy, Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Ryan) are having lunch in New York City’s Katz’s Delicatessen when Burn claims a woman has never faked an orgasm with him.
Albright then begins moaning and panting, drawing the attention of several restaurant patrons before fake climaxing.
Left in disbelief, restaurant-goers attempt to return to their meals, while one woman takes the opportunity to order her meal. When asked by a server what she wanted, the woman — who is reportedly played by director Rob Reiner’s mother Estelle — famously tells the server: “I’ll have what she’s having.”
According to the “Sleepless in Seattle” star, acting with Crystal, 75, was “effortless.”
“The characters just came alive,” Ryan continued in her speech Sunday night. “And just meeting him. I don’t know. How could you not love Billy Crystal?”
“Of course Harry is a very broad character noxious, insensitive and terrified of commitment,” Ryan commented. “But if you take out all of Harry’s flaws when you have underneath is pure Billy. And what he brings to all of his characters is heart.”
“Harry is his heart because Billy listens to his and as his wife Janice has known for the for over 50 years – falling in love with Billy is a pretty easy thing to do,” the “Top Gun” actress concluded.
Other recipients of the prestigious award included opera singer Renée Fleming, Queen Latifah, Barry Gibb and Dionne Warwick.
In a bizarre twist, the role of Harry Burns might have been forever changed after it was revealed that acting legend Tom Hanks was also considered for the role.
“People probably don’t know this, but Tom was offered ‘When Harry Met Sally,’ and he turned it down because he was going through a divorce, and he was very happy to be not married,” Rita Wilson, who is currently married to Hanks, told the iHeart Podcast “Table for Two With Bruce Bozzi” in June.
“And so he could not understand that a person going through a divorce would have anything other than just like, ‘I’m so happy.’ But I loved that script,” Wilson, 66, continued.
Aside from Hanks, 67, and Crystal, Reiner also sought to cast Albert Brooks, Richard Dreyfuss and Michael Keaton before eventually settling on the comedian.
Hanks and Ryan have still managed to share the screen over the years together, including in 1993’s “Sleepless in Seattle” and 1998’s “You’ve Got Mail.”
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