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 Masters her with Meg when Lenore's actress Amber Benson was unavailable. Meg's increased presence in the episode as compared to previous appearances with Miner in the role surprised the actress. Miner cited it as her favorite episode, explaining, "The episode took Meg in a lot of directions that you might not have expected and that were fun to play." The character was killed off in the eighth season. Feeling that "when someone dies, you want it to count a little bit", executive producer Jeremy Carver stated that "there are no immediate plans to bring her back". Maureen Ryan of "Chicago Tribune"