Lights, camera, ROMANTIC ACTION! The stars who fell in love with their directors...
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Real Hollywood love stories...
Lots of couples meet and fall in love at work, and that includes movie sets! The chemistry doesn't always just exist between the leading man and the leading lady, but sometimes sparks between the director and their star. Do you know which directors have fallen in love on set? Read on to find out... - 2/11
Kristen Stewart and Rupert Sanders
In 2012, the actress and the film director were spotted kissing in Los Angeles not long after working together on 'Snow White and the Huntsman'. The photos were published in Us Weekly and a major scandal surfaced. Back then Sanders was married to model Liberty Ross, while Stewart was in a relationship with her ‘Twilight’ co-star Robert Pattinson.©BANG Showbiz - 3/11
Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson
The American actress, comedian and singer, a regular 'Saturday Night Live' cast member, has been in a relationship with the film director since 2001. While they have never shared how their love story began, it has been reported that the pair fell for each other when Anderson was writing a sketch for ‘SNL’. In interviews, they refer one to each other as husband and wife, although they are not officially married.©BANG Showbiz - 4/11
Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky
Aronofsky and Lawrence dated for a year after falling for one another on the set of ‘Mother!’. The pair even attended the 2017 Venice Film Festival as a couple. The 21-year age gap was never an issue for them but they split after the film's promotion got in the way of their romance.©BANG Showbiz - 5/11
Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow
In the ’90s, actress Leslie Mann and filmmaker Judd Apatow met during her audition for his comedy film 'The Cable Guy'. They married in 1997 and had two children together: Iris and Maude Apatow. Judd, also known for his work on HBO’s ‘Girls’, has cast both his wife and daughters on numerous projects, including ‘This is 40’ and ‘Knocked Up’.©BANG Showbiz - 6/11
Giannina Facio and Ridley Scott
Actress Giannina Franco and film director Ridley Scott began their relationship in 2000 and wed in 2015. They are still very happily married and the Costa Rican actress has starred in all of Ridley’s films since ‘White Squall’, except for ‘American Gangster’ and ‘The Martian’.©BANG Showbiz - 7/11
Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman
Beckinsale and Wiseman fell for each other while working on the 2003 movie 'Underworld'. The actress was dating Michael Sheen at the time, and Wiseman was married to Dana, a kindergarten teacher. Nevertheless, their love story continued and eventually married just a year later in 2004. However, in 2015 they took fans by surprise by announcing their divorce, which was finalized in 2019.©BANG Showbiz - 8/11
Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller
Christine and Ben met on the set of Stiller’s 1999 science fiction television short film, 'Heat Vision and Jack', starring Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Taylor herself. The couple married in 2001 and had two children, Ella and Quinlin. Ben and Chris co-starred in several films, including 'Zoolander' and 'Tropic Thunder', both directed by Stiller. The couple ended up splitting in 2017.©BANG Showbiz - 9/11
Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg
In 1984 the filmmaker and the actress met on the set of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom', when Spielberg was still married to Amy Irving. However, chemistry between them was such, that the ‘Jaws’ filmmaker and the actress ended up tying the knot in 1991. Together they have seven children: two from previous marriages, Jessica and Max; two adopted, Theo and Mikaela, and three between them; Sasha, Sawyer and Destry.©BANG Showbiz - 10/11
Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson
Milla met the British director while working on the first 'Resident Evil' movie back in 2002. After falling in love, the couple married in 2009 and have three children together, daughters Ever, Dashiel and Osian.©BANG Showbiz - 11/11
Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton
These two eccentric A-list stars started dating whilst working together on Burton's sci-fi reboot 'Planet of the Apes' in 2001. Sadly, actress Helena Bonham Carter and director Tim Burton announced their separation in 2014 after a 13-year relationship and two children, sons Nell and Billy. They have worked together in six movies, including ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Sweeney Todd’.©BANG Showbiz