Romance with Russell Crowe rocked Meg Ryan’s world
Meg Ryan was so upset by the way America turned on her during her 2000 romance with Proof Of Life co-star Russell Crowe she needed to take a break from Hollywood to recover.
The actress had long been considered America’s sweetheart until the break-up of her marriage to Dennis Quaid and her fling with Crowe turned her into public enemy number one – and she struggled to cope with the backlash.
She tells Parade magazine, “It’s a very big surprise in life when you learn that not everyone is rooting for you. It’s a very scary thing when you figure that out. I never imagined that worrying about what other people think of me would be a big part of my day. But, when you get that much negativity thrown at you, you go, ‘Whew, I’ve got to cope with that.’ Nothing I heard in the press resembled the truth. What an insight for me. I took time off. I wanted to get simple and quiet. I wanted to laugh. I wanted to travel.”
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August 6th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
This is self serving tripe and untrue spin. Ryan made 3 movies following her breaking up with Crowe but all were terrible and bombed at the box office. This is why her career tanked. Her “time off” wasn’t self imposed, it was imposed on her. Actresses of a “certain age” have only so many prime years in front of the camera. Ryan, unfairly perhaps, is past hers.
August 6th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I disagree. This has nothing to do with why her “career tanked.” She is exactly right. She had a fling with Russell Crowe and everyone turned on her. No matter that her husband had a reputation of grabbing women’s asses on set. We as fans are very fickle. People can turn on you on a dime and that is what happened with her. I don’t think for a minute she is past her prime. I just think she hasn’t found the right vehicle lately.