Meg Ryan has broken her silence on Rob and Michele Reiner’s tragic deaths.
“Oh how we will miss this man,” the “When Harry Met Sally” star, 64, wrote on Instagram Wednesday alongside a touching photo of her and Reiner dancing together.
“Thank you, Rob and Michele, for the way you believe in true love, in fairy tales, and in laughter,” she continued. “Thank you for your faith in the best in people, and for your profound love of our country.”
Ryan, who portrayed the titular Sally Albright opposite Billy Crystal’s Harry Burns in Reiner’s 1989 rom-com classic, went on to touch upon the “impossible tragedy” of the filmmaker and his wife’s deaths.
“I have to believe that their story will not end with this impossible tragedy, that some good may come, some awareness raised,” she wrote.
“I don’t know, but my guess is that they would want that to be hopeful and humane, to be something that brings us all to a greater understanding of one another and to some peace,” Ryan concluded.
Crystal, meanwhile, paid tribute to the Reiners in a lengthy joint statement with other famous friends – including Albert Brooks and Larry David – on Tuesday.
The “Princess Bride” star remembered the late director as a “great comic actor” and “master storyteller” who “charmed audiences.”
“His comedic touch was beyond compare, his love of getting the music of the dialogue just right, and his sharpening of the edge of a drama was simply elegant,” the joint statement read. “For the actors, he loved them. For the writers, he made them better.”
Crystal went on to praise the beloved filmmaker and his wife of 36 years as a “special force.”
“Strong and determined, Michele and Rob Reiner devoted a great deal of their lives for the betterment of our fellow citizens,” the statement continued. “They were a special force together – dynamic, unselfish and inspiring. We were their friends, and we will miss them forever.”
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