Who can forget the moment in Jerry McGuire when Renee Zellweger tells Tom Cruise, “You had me at hello”? Or, when Julia Roberts explains to Hugh Grant in Notting Hill, “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her”? Paying tribute to some of the most romantic couples on the movie and television screens over the past several decades, this presentation looks closely at a series of iconic pairings.
With a focus on such beloved figures as Diane Keaton, Sally Field, Burt Reynolds, Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, George Clooney as well as performances in such shows asCheers, Outlander, Friends, and Grey’s Anatomy, this talk explores how certain scenes prevail in popular memory and why specific stars take hold. Going behind-the-scenes of production and considering on-screen as well as off-screen star couples, “Love Struck” celebrates romance in the modern era.