Yahoo Lifestyle Catherine O'Hara Fell In Love On The "Beetlejuice" Set, And 14 Other Actors Who Met Their Partner While Starring In A Movie, Show, Musical, And More
1.First, Catherine O'Hara met her husband, Bo Welch, on the set of Beetlejuice in 1988. Bo was the production designer on the film, while Catherine starred as Delia Deetz. "Our first day of shooting at the house was the day that Bo finally asked me out, so that's what I see when I look at the scenes we shot there," Catherine said in an interview with InStyle.
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In an interview with Uproxx, Bo recalled that director Tim Burton suggested he ask Catherine out while working on the movie. "Towards the end of the movie, Tim told me, we were shooting in Vermont, 'You should ask Catherine out.' And I said, 'What?' And he said, 'Yeah, you should ask her out.' It didn’t even occur to me that I was even supposed to talk to actors. But since Tim told me to, I did, and then we dated, and we're married, and here we are today."
The duo recently got to walk the red carpet together for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
2.David Tennant fell in love with his wife, Georgia Tennant, on the set of Doctor Who. Georgia appeared in a 2008 episode when David was playing the Tenth Doctor. Georgia's dad, Peter Davidson, was actually the Fifth Doctor.
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Georgia appeared in one episode, and she was the one who actually pursued David. In a joint interview on That Gaby Roslin Podcast in 2020, she recalled, "You couldn't quite believe that [I was interested in you]. That's why I was messaging you 400 times a day, like, you thought maybe I just was, I don't know, just lonely and wanting to chat."
3.Martin Short met his late wife, Nancy Dolman while performing in Godspell in 1972. Martin played Jeffrey, while Nancy was an understudy. They got married in 1980, with Nancy eventually taking a break from acting to raise their three children.
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In 2010, Nancy sadly died after battling ovarian cancer.
In an interview with AARP in 2019, Martin opened up about losing his wife and their marriage, saying, "Our marriage was a triumph. So it’s tough. She died in 2010, but I still communicate with her all the time. It’s 'Hey, Nan,' you know? How would she react to this decision or that, especially regarding our three kids. I believe that when people die, they zoom into the people that love them. This idea that it just ends, and don’t speak of them — that’s wrong. That’s based on denial that we’re all going to die. So, to me, she’s still here."
4.Saoirse Ronan met her husband, Jack Lowden while starring in Mary Queen of Scots in 2018. Saorise played Mary, while Jack played Mary's second husband, Henry Stuart. They've kept their relationship very quiet, but they recently made their red carpet debut as a couple at the 2024 Emmy Awards.
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Recently, they produced the film The Outrun together, which Saoirse also stars in. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Jack discussed working with Saoirse, saying, "She is, first and foremost, in terms of the arts, one of the elite actors that I think is working. Even at how young she still is. It's inevitable, I think, if actors are with actors, or writers are with writers, or whatever, that you're drawn towards making something together."
Jack read the book The Outrun and thought it would be the perfect part for Saoirse to play. He added, "It was one of the great joys of my life doing that project."
5.Viola Davis met her husband and producing partner, Julius Tennon, on the set of the short-lived CBS series City of Angels in 1999. They met while waiting in line for breakfast on set, and Julius gave Viola his card, recalling on Jimmy Kimmel Live, "My mom told me, my mom said: 'If you want to meet a girl, don't ask for her phone number, give her your card. IF she's interested, she'll call you."
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After meeting each other in line for breakfast, they filmed a scene together, and Julius realized he wanted to ask her out. Then, Viola waited a month before calling him.
In an interview on the Jennifer Hudson Show, Viola said, "I prayed for my husband, Jennifer." She continued, saying she knew exactly the type of man she wanted, and she got down on her knees and prayed for a "big, Black man" who was from the South and had already been married with children so "he don't put any pressure on me to do that."
6.Daniel Radcliffe met his partner, Erin Darke on the set of Kill Your Darlings in 2012. Daniel played Allen Ginsberg, while Erin played Gwendolyn. Reflecting on the experience with EW, Daniel said, "Our characters are meeting and flirting with each other, so there is this kind of sweet record of us just meeting for the first time and flirting."
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He added, "It'll be a hell of a story to tell our kids one day because of what our characters do with each other."
7.Ke Huy Quan met his wife, Echo Quan, in 2004 when they were both on the set of 2046. Ke Huy served as a first assistant director on the movie, while Echo had previously worked with director Wong Kar-Wai.
For Everything Everywhere All At Once, which earned Ke Huy an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, Echo was the onset translator. Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert tweeted, "Echo Quan (On Set Translator) was the secret soul to our film set. So many people have told us how much it meant to them to hear the family speaking in multiple languages (Cantonese, Mandarin, Chinglish, and English) and we couldn't have pulled it off without her."
8.Christine Baranski met her late husband, Matthew Cowles, when they both starred in the play Ghosts in 1982. Recalling their early meeting to The Guardian, Christine said he offered her a ride home on his motorcycle "and the rest is history." Later, they appeared together in All My Children in 1984, where Matthew notably starred as Billy Clyde.
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While they both starred in several theater projects, the pay wasn't great, so Christine took a leap and commuted from their family home in Connecticut to LA to film Cybill while Matthew stayed home and watched their two daughters. Christine won an Emmy Awards for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1995 for her work on the show.
Matthew sadly died in 2014 from congestive heart failure.
9.Riley Keough met her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, while on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road in 2012. Riley starred as Capable, one of Max's wives, while Ben was a stunt performer. They started dating in 2013 when they reconnected during reshoots for the movie.
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Recalling their early days of dating, Riley told USA Today, "Two weeks into dating him, we were at a gas station, and I was like, 'I could see myself having kids with this person.' It was kind of like I knew I was meeting my husband. It was very cool." She added to People, "We didn't even say I love you yet."
10.Margot Robbie met her husband and producing partner, Tom Ackerley, in 2013 on the set of Suite Française. Margot starred as Celine, while Tom was the third assistant director. In an interview with Vogue, Margot said, "The idea of relationships made me want to vomit. And then this crept up on me. We were friends for so long. I was always in love with him, but I thought, Oh, he would never love me back."
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She continued, saying, "Don’t be stupid and tell him that you like him. And then it happened, and I was like, Of course we’re together. This makes so much sense, the way nothing has ever made sense before."
Alongside their producing partner Josey McNamara, Margot and Tom started LuckyChap Entertainment, which is behind some of the biggest movies like Barbie, Promising Young Woman, Saltburn, and more.
11.Melissa Fumero met her husband, David Fumero, when they starred in One Life to Live together beginning in 2004. Melissa played Adriana Cramer, while David starred as Cristian Vega. In an interview on The Late Late Show in 2022, Melissa revealed she had a crush on David when she was 13 years old and saw him in Mariah Carey's music video for "Honey."
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"I was obsessed with that hot guy at the end of the video," Melissa began. Then, after she started dating David, she learned that he was the hot guy at the end of the "Honey" music video.
In Brooklyn Nine-Nine, David even guest-starred as Melvin "Vin" Stermley, a puzzle author who Amy has a bit of a crush on.
12.Maya Erskine met her husband, Michael Angarano while talking about a film he was writing and directing called Sacramento. In the film, which is still yet to be released, Michael stars as Rickey while Maya plays Tallie.
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After they met, Maya also cast Michael in her series PEN15. The duo announced they were engaged in 2020 while also revealing they were expecting their first child. They also recently welcomed their second child.
13.Damian Lewis met his late wife, Helen McCrory, in 2003 when they were in rehearsals for the play Five Gold Rings in London. Director Michael Attenborough recalled seeing the duo fall in love, telling British Vogue, "I witnessed two people falling for each other hook, line and sinker, which, of course, worked brilliantly in the play."
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Helen sadly died of cancer in 2021 at age 52. In 2022, in an interview with Good Morning Britain, Damian said, "She was a fabulous human being, and people from all walks of life have been in touch to say what an impact she had on their lives."
The Guardian also named Damian and Helen one of "Britain's most feted acting couples" of all time.
14.Julia Roberts met her husband, Daniel Moder, on the set of The Mexican in 2000. Julia starred as Samantha Barzel, while Danny was a camera operator. At the time, the two where in relationships with other people.
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At the time, Julia was dating actor Benjamin Bratt, while Daniel was married to makeup artist Vera Steinberg.
Speaking about how they ended their other relationships and ended up together, Julia told Oprah, "He sorted his whole thing out, separate and apart from me. And I sorted my life out, separate and apart from him. I think that's the only reason we were able to ultimately fall in love with each other and be together."
15.And finally, Jimmy Fallon met his wife, Nancy Juvonen, when she produced the 2005 movie Fever Pitch, which starred Jimmy and Nancy's best friend, Drew Barrymore. While they worked together for the first time on the film, Nancy actually met Jimmy briefly when she attended a taping of SNL when Drew was hosting.
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For his 50th Birthday, Jimmy revealed that Nancy found his childhood jukebox and had it refurbished. It was the exact jukebox his dad had fixed but then gave away. He explained it still has his dad's handwriting for every song still.
"And then, even crazier," Jimmy began. "There's a song in [the jukebox] called, 'Oh Babe, What Would You Say' by Hurricane Smith, which I loved. And I remember playing it when we were filming the movie Fever Pitch. They put it in the movie, in the soundtrack. That's where I met my wife; she produced that movie and one of our wedding songs is 'Oh Babe, What Would You Say' that was on this jukebox."
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