Billy Crystal Recalls Princess Diana’s “Guttural” Reaction To ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Fake Orgasm Scene

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After 35 years, When Harry Met Sally still holds up as one of Meg Ryan‘s most memorable performances. Marking the film’s milestone anniversary, Ryan’s co-star Billy Crystal recently recalled the “guttural” reaction Princess Diana had to her infamous fake orgasm scene when the film had its “memorable” royal premiere at Leicester Square on Nov.

30, 1989. “Princess Diana was coming, so we were all taught what to say and not to say,” Crystal noted Friday on The Graham Norton Show. “There she is, a magnificent person.

We waited, Meg and I, and the limo pulls up and she gets out. She couldn’t have been more gracious, and stunning, and tall. Just her presence was astounding.” After they were greeted with trumpeters, Crystal and Ryan were seated on either side of the Princess of Wales. “The lights go down, and she whispers to me, ‘I’m gonna take my shoes off,'” he said. “So, I go, ‘I’m gonna take my pants off.’ Sometimes I say the wrong thing.

She just [goes], ‘Oh, you’re naughty. You’re naughty.'” Crystal continued, “So, now the movie’s playing beautifully and we get to the famous fake orgasm scene.