4. The primary alternative for Lucy? Meg Ryan. “We pitched it to Meg Ryan’s manufacturing firm hoping we would get curiosity from Meg to star in it, Lebow instructed Buzzfeed UK. “Her growth government mentioned to us, ‘Firstly, why would Meg wish to do that film if she’s in a coma for many of it? And secondly, you guys are creeps! It is form of predatory with this man telling this comatose lady’s household that he is engaged to her. Why do not you flip it round—let the girl be the one fabricating the story. Then it is not predatory, it is humorous.'”
5. As soon as Ryan handed, “The one that was initially meant to do the film was Demi Moore,” Lebow revealed. “They could not agree on a contract, in order that fell aside.” He additionally revealed that Julia Roberts handed on the function: “Plenty of huge actresses handed on it.”
6. Whereas Pace had simply come out the yr earlier than, WYWS was Sandra Bullock‘s first romantic comedy and was the movie that secured her place as considered one of Hollywood’s high actresses.
In response to Lebow, Bullock reached out to the studio about starring within the movie after studying the script on the set of Pace, with Lebow claiming, “Sandra contacted the studio and mentioned it was simply the form of factor she wished to do, that she may relate to a lot of it, particularly the loneliness, the significance of household.”
