To mark 20 years since its release, we spoke to one of the writers of the festive Sandra Bullock rom-com.
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of While You Were Sleeping, a Christmas-set romantic comedy that helped to launch its young star, Sandra Bullock, to Hollywood megastardom. The film, which co-starred Bill Pullman and Peter Gallagher, was a huge critical and commercial success, grossing $183 million worldwide. BuzzFeed UK spoke to Fred Lebow, one of the movie's two writers (the other being his long-term professional partner Daniel G Sullivan), about his memories of writing and making WYWS.
"For a year or two, Dan and I were known in LA as the 'Coma Guys'. Dan had a buddy who was a composer, named Mike Himelstein, and he was the one who came up with While You Were Sleeping.
"I remember at the time Dan was married, and I was having trouble getting a date. I said something like, 'I'm such a loser, I couldn't even get a date with a woman in a coma'. Dan started laughing, and we started picking at that idea."
