#These Great Movies Featured Real-Life Famous Couples (At Least At the Time)
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“#These Great Movies Featured Real-Life Famous Couples (At Least At the Time)”
From Hollywood acting greats Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton to long-time couple and accomplished actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, some of the greatest movies featured real-life famous couples. Whether they’re teaming up to star in a classic Shakespeare adaptation like Much Ado About Nothing or in groundbreaking visionary Stanley Kubrick’s final completed project Eyes Wide Shut, cinema is no stranger to powerful romantic pairings making remarkable pictures; sometimes this even makes the films steamier and more exciting. These great movies featured real-life famous couples (at least at the time).
8 Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
Classic Hollywood legends Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor were the talk of the town and one of the most famous couples in the world when they starred alongside one another in the 1966 drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, portraying a dysfunctional and mean-spirited husband and wife. The Oscar-winning picture went on to win five Academy Awards including Best Actress for Taylor, and was critically acclaimed upon its release. At the time, the glamorous duo were dubbed “Liz and Dick” by the media and were notorious for their jet-set lifestyle, and their high-profile relationship “became a cottage industry of speculation about their alleged life of excess. From reports of massive spending, affairs, and even an open marriage, the couple came to represent a new era of ‘gotcha’ celebrity coverage, where the more personal the story, the better.” The acting greats starred in 11 films together and broke up and reconciled numerous times before officially going their separate ways in 1976.
7 Will Smith & Jada Pinkett-Smith (Ali)
Long-time couple and gifted performers Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith brought their real-life romance to the big screen in the 2001 biographical sports drama Ali, in which the pair starred as boxing legend Muhammad Ali and his wife Sonji Roi. The Michael Mann film garnered praise and earned Smith an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, though Pinkett-Smith was initially hesitant to take on the role and felt she wasn’t right for it. Though she loved the final product, the actress revealed: “I felt like because we were a couple off-screen, for people to see us together on the screen in a movie like this, would take people out of the movie, that people would see Will and Jada there–they wouldn’t see Ali and Sonji.” Regardless of her concerns, the couple shined on-screen and have been married since 1997, though they haven’t starred as a couple in a movie together since Ali.
6 Kenneth Branagh & Emma Thompson (Much Ado About Nothing)
Esteemed British actor and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh teamed up with the lovely Emma Thompson (his wife at the time) to create the 1993 romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing, based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. The insanely talented couple appeared as romantic leads Benedict and Beatrice in the adaptation, showcasing their chemistry as the strong-willed and witty characters. Much Ado About Nothing went on to become one of the most successful Shakespeare films ever released, and was heralded by critics for its delightful performances and Branagh’s lively direction. Branagh and Thompson were married from 1989 to 1995, and starred in six movies together during that period; the actors divorced following Branagh’s affair with Helena Bonham Carter during production of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. They would go on to later appear in The Boat That Rocked and the Harry Potter series, though shared no scenes together.
5 Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn (Overboard)
Devoted partners for nearly 40 years, the delightful Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn first met in 1966 while filming The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band but became romantically involved after reconnecting on the set of the 1984 romantic drama Swing Shift. The accomplished duo joined forces in Gary Marshall’s 1987 rom-com Overboard, which follows a cruel but beautiful heiress (Hawn) who gets amnesia after she cheats a contractor (Russell); he decides to introduce her to regular life by convincing her they’re husband and wife. Overboard has gone on to develop a cult following and is a romantic comedy classic, and further cemented Russell and Hawn’s status as a beloved Hollywood couple. The actress has expressed she has no plans to marry Russell, stating that “I would have been long divorced if I’d been married.” Russell mirrored the same sentiment in 2020 during an interview with People Magazine, saying a “marriage certificate wasn’t going to create anything that otherwise we wouldn’t have.”
4 Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman (Matilda)
For his 1996 fantasy comedy Matilda, Danny DeVito directed and appeared alongside his wife Rhea Perlman in the film adaptation of the Roald Dahl children’s novel. The movie centers on the titular child prodigy as she develops psychokinetic powers and uses them to deal with her sordid family and the cruel and ruthless elementary school principal Ms. Trunchbull. DeVito and Perlman star as Matilda’s self-absorbed and spiteful parents Harry and Zinnia Wormwood, who show no interest in their savvy and gifted daughter. Matilda earned positive reviews upon its release, with praise for its faithfulness to the spirit of the source material and DeVito’s direction. The endearing couple met in 1971 and were married in 1982, and also appeared together in the television show Taxi. DeVito and Perlman announced their first separation in 2012 after a 40-year-long relationship before reconciling the following year. They separated once more in 2017 but revealed they have no plans of divorcing; Perlman revealed they have become closer friends after their separation than they were in their final years as a couple.
3 Javier Bardem & Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
The highly esteemed and award-winning Spanish actors Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz have been married since 2010 and have starred in numerous films together since and prior to their nuptials. Bardem was her co-star in her breakthrough role in the 1992 Spanish romantic tragic comedy Jamón Jamón, in which they portray disastrous lovers. Cruz and Bardem once again appeared together in Woody Allen’s 2008 romantic dramedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona, this time as characters in a love triangle opposite Scarlett Johansson. The pair’s chemistry sizzled both on-screen and off, and for her performance Cruz won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The renowned cinema stars keep their romance private and refuse to discuss their personal lives, but went on to later star in the 2013 thriller The Counselor and 2018’s Spanish mystery Everybody Knows.
2 Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut)
Innovative visionary Stanley Kubrick enlisted then “It couple” and cinema darlings Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman to headline his 1999 erotic psychological drama Eyes Wide Shut, depicting the sexually charged adventures of Dr. Bill Harford and his wife Alice. At the time of filming, Cruise and Kidman had been married for nine years, having first met in 1989 on the set of Days of Thunder, in which they both appeared. Eyes Wide Shut is notorious for its astounding production time, with The Guiness Book of World Records recognizing the picture as the longest constant movie shoot that ran “…for over 15 months, a period that included an unbroken shoot of 46 weeks.” Kubrick’s perfectionism and extreme eye for detail played a role in the extensive shoot, and the director died six days after revealing his final cut of the film. Cruise and Kidman split two years after appearing in the picture, with the actress later saying: “Out of my divorce came work that was applauded, so that was an interesting thing for me.”
1 John Krasinski & Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place)
Adored Hollywood couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt have been married since 2010, and showed off their superb acting chops in the 2018 post-apocalyptic horror flick A Quiet Place, in which they portray a mother and a father who struggle to survive and raise their children in a monster-plagued new world. Krasinski also helped co-write the screenplay and directed the film, though neither he nor Blunt had intended on the actress appearing in the project. After reading the script, Blunt persuaded her husband to cast her in the picture despite preferring to keep their work and home lives separate; neither wanted to pass up such a thrilling chance to act alongside each other. A Quiet Place was a smash hit with audiences and critics, earning over $350 million and earning praise for its riveting performances, screenplay and Krasinski’s direction. A massively successful sequel was released in 2021 entitled A Quiet Place II, with Blunt reprising her character and Krasinski returning to direct.
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