![]() ![]() The defiance that he has when he’s doing the scene is what makes the scene great," says Crowe. "(Cusack) thought it was too subservient. Crowe had to convince him to shoot the final scene, but Cusack's resistance is still visible. These fears resurfaced with the boom box bit, which came on the last day of production. ![]() 'When Harry Met Sally' reunion: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Rob Reiner deconstruct that fake orgasm sceneĬusack, who was 22 at the time, got over the fear of falling into teen romance clichés even before making the movie. 'The Matrix' at 20: Why Keanu Reeves and the movie will still blow your mind "But I have this feeling when I watch it that it’s filled with double emotion – both with the story and the actors, whose own trepidation bleeds in." "That scene is like Romeo under the trellis," says Crowe. ![]() Trench coat-wearing Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) holding his boom box over his head at arm's length, rock serenading his true love Diane Court (Ione Skye) in 1989’s “Say Anything,” remains one of the most enduring images of film romance.Įven those too young to have cranked a boom box revere the scene from Cameron Crowe’s directing debut, released 30 years ago Sunday, with Dobler defiantly blasting Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” while Court listens from her bedroom.īut a big part of what makes the scene subtly effective is the real-life apprehension both actors were feeling shooting the scene.
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