In the early 2000s, Meg Ryan was just one of the many typecast women in Hollywood to learn that being America's Sweetheart comes with significant downsides.

MEG RYAN. Nicole Kidman. Kim Basinger. Jennifer Connolly. If gossip-mongers are to be believed, Russell ... Crowe. Having done the older woman (Sharon Stone before her marriage), Hollywood love ...

In the 1990s, Meg Ryan was the ... In 2000, Ryan stepped out of her rom-com comfort zone to star in the action thriller Proof of Life opposite Russell Crowe. The film’s plot revolved around ...

Her marriage seemed like a fairy tale. However, their relationship ended in a high-profile divorce in 2001 after Meg Ryan's affair with Russell Crowe, whom she met on the set of "Proof of Life ...