Overview

• In her September Elle UK interview, Ryder recounts telling Pacino “I love you” during a mid-1990s Richard III workshop that became Looking for Richard.
• She says Pacino reached out, touched her hand and replied “Aw, honey, noooo” before parting ways romantically.
• Ryder was about 22 at the time while Pacino was more than three decades her senior, a gap she says shaped the one-sided nature of her feelings.
• Despite the rejection, the pair sustained a platonic bond and still meet to play poker on occasion.
• The full story appears in Elle UK’s September issue, on sale July 31, alongside Ryder’s reflections on career longevity and Hollywood’s aging pressures.