Meg Ryan

 In an 11/2/2004 interview with NPR, writer Nora Ephron credited Meg Ryan not only with the idea of faking an orgasm in the famous restaurant scene in "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), but also with the idea of setting it in a restaurant in the first place. Also according to Ephron, the infamous "I'll have what she's having" line was actually suggested by Billy Crystal.

The orgasm scene was filmed at Katz's Deli, an actual restaurant on New York's E. Houston Street. The table at which the scene was filmed now has a plaque on it that reads, "Where Harry met Sally...hope you have what she had!"

Ryan had to go through her fake orgasm repeatedly as the scene was shot over and over.

Sally's picky and crazy eating habits were put into the movie after director Rob Reiner saw Ephron ordering her food, in the same way Sally does in the film. When Reiner brought this up, Ephron stated, "I just want it the way I want it," a line which was put into the movie. Years after the movie came out, when Ephron was on a plane and ordered something very precise, the stewardess looked at her and asked, "Have you ever seen the movie 'When Harry Met Sally...'?"

Happy Birthday, Meg Ryan!