Proof of Life The film stars Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe. During production, the two lead actors had a romantic affair. At the time, Ryan was married to Dennis Quaid, but the two divorced in 2001. The film garnered much reportage in the tabloid press in association with the lead actors' affair. The film is dedicated to Will Gaffney, an actor who was David Morse's stand-in. He was killed in an on-set accident during a scene in which Morse was not available, due to a family illness. Alice Bowman (Meg Ryan) moves to the (fictional) South American country of Tecala because her engineer
Meg Ryan as one of the most successful actresses in the 1990s and early 2000s, particularly in romantic comedy films such as "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993), "French Kiss" (1995), "You've Got Mail" (1998), and "Kate & Leopold" (2001). Her other films include "The Doors" (1991), "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1994), "Courage Under Fire" (1996), "Addicted to Love" (1997), "City of Angels" (1998), "Proof of Life" (2000), and "The Women" (2008). In 2015, she made her directorial debut with "Ithaca", a film in which she also acted. Ryan was born and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, the daughter of Susan Jordan ("née"