'HIMYM' spin-off picks up Meg Ryan
The actress has agreed to be the narrator of "How I Met Your Dad," the spin-off on CBS's hit show "How I Met Your Mother," Deadline.com reports.
Meg Ryan will provide the off-screen narration in one of the most anticipated pilots of the coming season. This means that the Hollywood actress will voice an older version of Sally, the central character of the spin-off, played by Greta Gerwig.
Like Bob Saget, who provided the voice of the future version of Ted in the original series, Ryan will not appear on screen.
Though still best known for her film roles ("Sleepless in Seattle," "You've Got Mail"), Meg Ryan has been absent from the silver screen since the release of "Serious Moonlight" in 2009. She has had only a handful of TV appearances in recent years, turning up on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Web Therapy."
2014 is expected to mark Ryan's big comeback, as she is headlining a series in development at NBC for this fall. The actress will play a cheerful and devoted single mother who decides to return to the New York publishing house where she used to work. Once a successful editor, she now reports to the neurotic 30-year-old who used to be her intern.
To find out whether "How I Met Your Dad" will join the CBS line-up for the 2014-2015 season, fans will have to wait until the network's press conference on May 14.
