The celebrity couples who fell in love on set

Lights, camera, romance - meet the celebrity couples whose love stories began on set

Celebrity-couples

by Lorna White |
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To mark Valentine's Day, we take a look at the starry couples whose romantic love stories began on set...

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Julia Roberts and Danny Moder

This Pretty Woman first met her beau, the cinematographer Danny Moder, on the film set of The Mexican in 2000. At the time, they were both going out with other people, but after both their relationships independently fizzled out they later became an item, tying the knot in 2002. They have three children.

Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall

From the moment their eyes met on the set of the 1955 film The Constant Husband, it seems Rex really did do his best to live up to the title of that film, nursing Kay through myeloid leukaemia until her untimely death at the age of 32. Here they are together in the film, The Reluctant Debutante.

Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis

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They fell in love while acting opposite one another in Five Gold Rings at London's Almeida Theatre in 2003. At the time the director said their chemistry was like 'directing a fire'. They married in 2007 and have two children.

Emma Thompson and Greg Wise

When Greg was told by a psychic that he'd meet his future wife on the set of an adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, he could hardly believe it - until he clapped eyes on Emma Thompson. They married in 2003 and have one daughter Gaia, and an adopted son, Tindyebwa Agaba. See the couple in action in Sense and Sensibility.

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

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Meeting on the set of the 1944 film To Have and Have Not, their on-screen chemistry quickly became no make-believe after 'Bogie' asked her to write his number on a stray matchbox he had. Their relationship was all-consuming and lasted until Humphrey's death in 1957.

David Tennant and Georgia Moffett

Being cast in Doctor Who seemed like fate for Georgia Moffett who is the daughter of a former Doctor, Peter Davidson. But what she didn't know is that David Tennant, the doctor she would play alongside, would become her husband! The couple met when Georgia played the Doctor's daughter where Tennent was playing her father. The couple now have five children.

Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz

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While the pair had been friends for 16 years, having met while acting together at university, it was on the set of the film Dream House that Rachel and Daniel fell in love before marrying in secret in 2011, setting a precedent for privacy that they've previously said is what helps keep their relationship so strong.

Jennifer Saunders and Adrian Edmondson

Both with their roots in comedy and a string of hit TV shows to their names, Jennifer and Ade have made a living making people laugh. So it's no wonder they met making each other giggle while performing in a comedy club. It would take another five years after that for them to become a proper item but they married in 1985 and are now grandparents.

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