--- description: "I'll have what she's having" title: Here's how Rob Reiner taught Meg Ryan to fake an orgasm in "When Harry Met Sally" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36632a64ba2adb3e/69869b643bc999b8441a47c3/146243_full.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How Rob Reiner Taught Meg Ryan to Fake an Orgasm for _When Harry Met Sally_ by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2014 1:13 PM CUT  Billy Crystal, director Rob Reiner and Meg Ryan on the set of When Harry Met Sally Billy Crystal, director Rob Reiner and Meg Ryan on the set of When Harry Met SallyColumbia by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2014 1:13 PM CUT After Meg Ryan [faked an orgasm](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/10/meg-ryan-orgasm-scene-when-harry-met-sally%5Fn%5F5572283.html "undefined") in Katz’s Deli in _When Harry Met Sally_, she was launched into superstardom. But in an interview with _HuffPost Live_, director Rob Reiner says he was actually the one who taught the young actress everything she knows about faking it. “Meg was nervous,” Reiner said of filming what became the iconic “I’ll have what she’s having” scene. “Obviously you’re in front of extras and all the crew members and everything. So the first few times we did it, she did it kind of weak. It was a little tepid.” Reiner then told her, “‘Look, let me show you what I want’ after a few takes that weren’t so good. I sat down opposite Billy… and I’m sitting there pounding the table, doing the whole thing.” Shortly after, the director said, “I realized, this is embarrassing, I’m having an orgasm in front of my mother.” He was, of course, referring to the woman who actually uttered the now-famous line, “I’ll have what she’s having.” \[[_Huffington Post_](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/10/meg-ryan-orgasm-scene-when-harry-met-sally%5Fn%5F5572283.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2976152/meg-ryan-rob-reiner-when-harry-met-sally/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2976152/meg-ryan-rob-reiner-when-harry-met-sally/"},"headline":"Here's How Rob Reiner Taught Meg Ryan to Fake an Orgasm for When Harry Met Sally","datePublished":"2014-07-11T13:13:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:05:47.584Z","description":"\"I'll have what she's having\"","url":"https://time.com/2976152/meg-ryan-rob-reiner-when-harry-met-sally/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36632a64ba2adb3e/69869b643bc999b8441a47c3/146243_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36632a64ba2adb3e/69869b643bc999b8441a47c3/146243_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MCDWHHA EC029","caption":"MCDWHHA EC029","creditText":"Columbia","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2976152/meg-ryan-rob-reiner-when-harry-met-sally/","name":"Here's How Rob Reiner Taught Meg Ryan to Fake an Orgasm for When Harry Met Sally"}}]}] ```