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| Meg Ryan's tinseltown mansion is now for sale: $11 million. |
Which brings TPC to Meg Ryan. In the nineties, she couldn't make a mistake, with Time magazine calling her the "soul of romantic comedy." There were three films with Tom Hanks (the cultish JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO, and hits SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, YOU GOT MAIL.) There was WHEN HARRY MET SALLY with Meg as Sally and the iconic phrase, "I'll have what she's having." She also tried to stretch herself by playing an alcoholic in WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN, and a helicopter pilot in the 1996 Gulf War drama, COURAGE UNDER FIRE where she was surrounded by the likes of Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, and Lou Diamond Phillips. (The projectionist and the popcorn lady remember seeing that film in Weymouth, England one night after meandering through villages along the Dorset coast.)
And now Meg Ryan is no longer offered starring parts. Tom Hanks is, despite flop after expensive flop (LARRY CROWNE, CLOUD ATLAS). So why is Hanks starring and Ryan scratching?
Not that it should matter but Hanks married actress Rita Wilson in 1988 and their union endures. Ryan married Randy Quaid, her co-star in D.O.A. and INNERSPACE on Valentine's Day, 1991 but only after he agreed to stop using cocaine. Not a good start. Then, after a very public affair with Russell Crowe while filming PROOF OF LIFE, they had an even more public messy divorce.
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So strike two. Oh, and about IN THE CUT. It was a hard R, semi-pornographic, and involved a great deal of nudity and explicit oral sex with co-star Mark Ruffalo. Ruffalo survived, but Ryan, who was still (barely) America's sweetheart, drew gasps from her fans. It was one thing to fake an orgasm comedically in WHEN HARRY MET SALLY but another entirely to do it for real.
Audience recoiled and Meg's reign as a highly-paid movie star was effectively over. Today, Ms. Ryan gets ensemble parts, not starring ones, and not ones with big paychecks.
Let's hope she saved some of her money, TPCers.
The answer to yesterday's trivia question is LILIES OF THE FIELD. Today, in what television soap opera did Meg Ryan get her start in 1982?
WHOA!! Some BIG MIS -information here:
ReplyDelete!.She was NOT in ensemble films. The last films she did in 2009 were ALL STARRING roles.
2.She has turned roles down these past several yrs to focus on her personal life. She is developing a directing project
3.She had any Plastic surgery AFTER she did "In the Cut"(2003) ,not BEFORE
4.She is still worth millions , and has several multi million $ properties homeshomeshttp://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/meg-ryan-net-worth/
__and is dating a rich singer. Sooooo financially she is doing very well.
1. Both 2007's In The Land of Women and 2008's The Women are ensemble films in which she was not the female star. 2. Many critics commented on her "new look" for In The Cut and it's evident that she has had several cosmetic surgeries. TPC hopes she still has plenty of money and did not say she is poor but presently any chance of a big "star" salary in any movie is gone. Very happy for her about the rich singer.
DeleteWell. a lot of actresses from Megs Hey Day don't "Star" in Films anymore. Pfiefer, Sarandon, Griffith, Stone. They play supporting roles... which what happens when you get older. Meg's no different
DeleteUnless your Meryl Streep that is lol
Just saw Susan Sarandon as Richard Gere's costar in Arbitrage. She's very good as usual. The other women you name were never great actresses in TPC's opinion. Helen Mirren is a 60-plus star and a few others. But acting in movies is generally a young person's game as the prime demographic of people buying tickets to a theater is 15-25 male and they like to see people who reflect them.
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ReplyDeleteYou know sometimes actors choose to get out of the spotlight.
As for your theory of her selling her house because she is destitute? That would not explain the fact she has been looking for a overpriced expensive ass place in the UES of Manhattan
The redundant "What ever happened to Meg Ryan" questions are mind numbing. Logically can't figure out why this actress is picked at so much be people.
......That last line could not be more true!
DeleteThere is an obsession in social media w/putting her down
I conquer. It's quite obvious Meg Ryan has never enjoyed being famous. Don't blame her a bit.
DeleteThis article made me LOL. So many errors in it. But then again, this is a copy-and-paste job from another site, I recognize this article.
ReplyDeleteAs was pointed out: she's loaded. She made many dozens of $ with her movies and has most of that left in the bank. She seems pretty happy NOT acting in movies anymore.The reason her career went south is not because of any of the things you mentioned, it is because she chose bad movie roles. And that's killing for female actresses for whom there are not that many interesting roles anyway.
Why not slam her ex husband Quaid next time: he's the one who cheated on her for many years, it's what killed their marriage. He's still womanizing and drinking too much. He's had like 20 movieb*mbs in the past 6 yrs and yet really dumb people in Hollywood still give him roles. That shows how sexist the movie industry really is.
Agree with you that the movie industry is sexist. Agree with you that Dennis Quaid also cheated. Happy you know that she has lots of money in the bank. Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, and many other older women though, do find interesting roles, don't you think? Thank you for your comments.
DeleteGlad that you know she has lots of money in the bank. Glad you know that she's happy. Disagree that there are few interesting parts for women. Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, snd others might disagree. Did you notice that TPC mentioned Dennis Quaid used cocaine? That's sort of a slam, isn't it. Dennis Quaid still gets roles because he works cheap, by the way.
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