Actors Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal have come to the Harvard University campus to reminisce about their 1970 classic film Love Story as they prepare for a Boston stop on the national tour of the play Love Letters.
Both actors said in a discussion on Monday the movie has special meaning to them considering where life has taken them since it made them household names.
The 74-year-old O’Neal noted cancer, like in the movie, has played a big part in his real life, including his battle with leukaemia.
Seventy-six-year-old MacGraw said being on campus brought back wonderful memories that few of her subsequent experiences in film ever captured.
Both admitted they had a crush on each other during filming on Harvard’s campus and had not seen the movie in many years.