19 Celebrity Couples Who Actually Got Together After Playing Couples In Movies
~Love is in the air~.
We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which movie couples they were shocked to find out are together IRL. Here's what they said:
1. Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar
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What they starred in together: The live-action Scooby-Doo movies
When they got together: They met in 1997 when they filmed I Know What You Did Last Summer, but didn't start dating until 2000. They got married in 2002 and have two kids together.
2. Leighton Meester and Adam Brody
3. Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem
What they starred in together: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
When they got together: They originally met in 1992 but didn't begin dating until 2007. Then, they got married in 2010 and have two kids together.
4. Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes
5. Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone
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What they starred in together: Bridesmaids
When they got together: They originally met in 1998 at the Groundlings comedy school in LA. Then, they got married in 2005. They have two kids and a production company together. Plus, Ben has also appeared in a TON of Melissa's other projects too.
6. Andrew Rannells and Tuc Watkins
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What they starred in together: The Boys in the Band
When they got together: They actually first met after being cast as boyfriends in the stage production of The Boys in the Band and fell for each other while doing press for the play. Later on, they also worked together on Showtime's Black Monday and reprised their roles for Netflix's adaptation of The Boys in the Band.
7. Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz
What they starred in together: Dream House
When they got together: They met at college but didn't start dating until 2010 after working together on Dream House, and got married in 2011. They have one child together, and both have children from previous relationships.
8. Kimberly J. Brown and Daniel Kountz
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What they starred in together: Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
When they got together: They kept in touch a little after filming Halloweentown II and they reconnected in 2016 when Daniel starred in a short film for Kimberly's YouTube channel about where his Halloweentown character would be now. They hit it off soon after and have been dating since.
10. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith
What they starred in together: Ali
When they got together: They actually met in 1994 on the set of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air when she auditioned for the role of Will's girlfriend, but she didn't get the part. They began dating soon after and got married in 1997. They have two kids, Jaden and Willow. In 2020, they also shared that they went through a brief separation in 2016, but have reconciled and are still together today.
11. Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan
12. Rose Byrne and Bobby Canavale
What they starred in together: Adult Beginners
When they got together: They were introduced by a mutual friend and they started dating in 2012, while Rose was still on the series Damages. Together, they have two kids, Rocco and Rafa.
13. Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander
What they starred in together: The Light Between Oceans
When they got together: They met on set during The Light Between Oceans and fell for each other immediately. They got married in 2017.
14. Lucy Boynton and Rami Malek
What they starred in together: Bohemian Rhapsody
When they got together: After months of speculation, in 2018, a source finally announced they fell for each other while filming Bohemian Rhapsody and have been happily dating ever since.
15. Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman
What they starred in together: Matilda
When they got together: They first met back in 1971, when Rhea saw a friend in the play The Shrinking Bride, which Danny was also in. They moved in together a few weeks after meeting and then got married in 1982. Though they did separate in 2017, Rhea has confirmed that they are still legally married and she will not be divorcing Danny. She's also said that they've become even closer after separating than they were during the height of their romantic relationship.
16. Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively
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What they starred in together: Green Lantern
When they got together: The two met on the set of Green Lantern and started dated soon after. They got married in 2012 and together have three daughters.
17. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
What they starred in together: Overboard
When they got together: They first met in 1966 while filming The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, but didn't start dating until after reconnecting on the set of Swing Shift. They have one child together, Wyatt Russell, but both also have kids from their previous relationships.
18. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
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What they starred in together: Volunteers
When they got together: They first met on the set of Bosom Buddies in the early '80s, but reunited years later on the set of Volunteers and began dating shortly after. They eventually got married in 1988 and together they have two kids, plus Tom's two kids from his previous marriage.
19. And finally, Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor
What they starred in together: They were the voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse
When they got together: They met after Russi was cast as Minnie and hit it off immediately, even though both were married to other people at the time. A couple of years later, they met again for a project and both happened to be single, so they finally started dating. They got married in 1991.