Films and TV shows that reportedly started real life romances and affairs
This list mostly consists of reported actor to actor or director to actor romantic/sexual connections. It could be as serious as marriage or as brief as a one night stand. I will frequently add to the list.
The point is these on-set hook-ups, affairs and relationships are more common than most people know or are willing to admit. In fact they happen on most tv and film sets, but if they don't lead to a confirmed, public relationship the pairing rarely becomes public knowledge. That's not even including the fact that crew members have relationships with each other too. Film sets are a hotbed of consensual sexual activity, sexual harassment, and unrequited longing. Hundreds (sometimes thousands) of people are working closely together on a project in an industry that attempts to normalize its numerous open relationships, secret relationships and hookup culture. Sometimes these encounters and when exactly they began are reported but not confirmed by all involved parties so keep that in mind.
The point is these on-set hook-ups, affairs and relationships are more common than most people know or are willing to admit. In fact they happen on most tv and film sets, but if they don't lead to a confirmed, public relationship the pairing rarely becomes public knowledge. That's not even including the fact that crew members have relationships with each other too. Film sets are a hotbed of consensual sexual activity, sexual harassment, and unrequited longing. Hundreds (sometimes thousands) of people are working closely together on a project in an industry that attempts to normalize its numerous open relationships, secret relationships and hookup culture. Sometimes these encounters and when exactly they began are reported but not confirmed by all involved parties so keep that in mind.
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- CreatorAlan BallStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellTelepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural world when she meets the mysterious Bill Compton, a southern Louisiana gentleman and vampire.Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer met in pre-production of this show and were lovers on- and off-screen before marrying in real life. Still together.
- CreatorJoseph WeisbergStarsKeri RussellMatthew RhysKeidrich SellatiAt the height of the Cold War, two Russian agents pose as the average American couple, complete with family.Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell played a married couple and ended up married in real life. Still together.
- DirectorJon M. ChuStarsCynthia ErivoAriana GrandeJonathan BaileyAfter two decades as one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, Wicked makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event this holiday season.Extramartial affair between Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater. Still together.
- DirectorOlivia WildeStarsFlorence PughHarry StylesChris PineWhile her husband leaves home everyday to work in a top secret facility, a young 1950s housewife begins to question her life when she notices strange behavior from the other wives in the neighborhood.Harry Styles had an affair with Olivia Wilde and broke up her decade long relationship and Harry also had sex with Florence Pugh possibly while she was still seeing Zach Braff. What a mess Harry caused. Yikes!
- DirectorAnne FletcherStarsChanning TatumJenna DewanDamaine RadcliffTyler receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.Jenna and Channing.
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsBrad PittAngelina JolieAdam BrodyA bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.Infamous example. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It has been said that Pitt did not physically cheat on his wife Jennifer Aniston while making this movie. Maybe that's true... But in the end they did divorce and he spent the next decade with Jolie.
- DirectorPeyton ReedStarsJennifer AnistonVince VaughnJon FavreauA couple's break-up proceeds to get uglier and nastier by the moment as each tries to keep their luxurious condo from the other.A big one. Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. Jennifer had just finalized her divorce from Thee Brad Pitt and this movie was publicity gold. In real life Vince was the hero who got the girl. For a while. Eventually well... They broke up.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsTom CruiseNicole KidmanRobert DuvallA young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.Tom Cruise and second wife Nicole Kidman. Supposedly Tom pushed first wife Mimi Rogers out of the way for Nicole. They married a year after meeting and stayed married for a decade. When they divorced he said "Nicole knows why." There are also infamous pictures of her leaving a courthouse when their divorce was finalized with her throwing her arms in the air and a big smile of joy on her face.
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsTom CruisePenélope CruzCameron DiazA self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz.
- DirectorMartin BrestStarsBen AffleckJennifer LopezJustin BarthaLarry Gigli is assigned by a crime boss to kidnap the brother of a prominent district attorney. A beautiful woman known only as Ricki is sent to stay with him to make sure he doesn't mess up the job.Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez a.k.a. Bennifer or BenLo met while she was married to hubby No. 2 Cris Judd. In 2002 she left Cris and took up with Ben. Ben and Jen got engaged. Their relationship ended in a public cheating scandal when he cheated with an exotic dancer. Both went on to marry other people, but in 2021 they settled into a relationship with each other again. They finally married in July 2022. They're still together.
- CreatorKevin WilliamsonStarsJames Van Der BeekKatie HolmesMichelle WilliamsTwo childhood best friends, Dawson and Joey, go through different stages of adolescence together. Their friendship is later tested when they both start a relationship with different people.Besides the actors on the show dating in real life Charlie Hunnam failed an audition for this show but met and married an actress who was also there auditioning for Dawson's Creek. Katie Holmes dated both Joshua Jackson and James Van Der Beek.
- DirectorSimon CurtisStarsMichelle WilliamsEddie RedmayneKenneth BranaghColin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interactions between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).Sam Claflin failed the auditioned but met his wife this way.
- DirectorDanny BoyleLoveleen TandanStarsDev PatelFreida PintoSaurabh ShuklaA teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.Dev Patel and Frida Pinto
- DirectorCatherine HardwickeStarsKristen StewartRobert PattinsonBilly BurkeWhen Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
- DirectorRupert SandersStarsKristen StewartChris HemsworthCharlize TheronIn a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.Affair between Kristen Stewart and director Rupert Sanders.
- DirectorJulie DavisStarsLeelee SobieskiMatthew DavisJamie KennedyA romantic comedy that explores the adult film industry through the eyes of an idealistic 25 year-old award winning film school grad.Leelee and Matt Davis met on set and were married for five months.
- DirectorJulian FarinoStarsLeighton MeesterHugh LaurieCatherine KeenerThe enduring friendship between the Walling and Ostroff families is tested when Nina, the prodigal Ostroff daughter, returns home for the holidays after a five-year absence and enters into an affair with David, head of the Walling family.Leighton Meester and Adam Brody. Still together.
- CreatorThomas KailSteven LevensonStarsSam RockwellMichelle WilliamsNorbert Leo ButzAn inside look at the romantic and creative partnership between influential choreographer/director, Bob Fosse, and Gwen Verdon, one of the greatest Broadway dancers of all time.Reportedly extramartial affair between Michelle Williams and Thomas Kail that resulted in their marriage and two children together. Still together.
- DirectorJulie Anne RobinsonStarsMiley CyrusLiam HemsworthGreg KinnearA rebellious girl is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth.
- DirectorPeter ChelsomStarsMiley CyrusEmily OsmentBilly Ray CyrusAs Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart, on the urging from her father takes a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters in life the most.Lucas Till claimed he had a fling with Miley Cyrus while filming.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsTobey MaguireKirsten DunstWillem DafoeAfter being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.Tobey and Kirsten.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczRouben MamoulianStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonRex HarrisonQueen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.Infamous affair between Liz Taylor and Richard Burton led to them marrying each other twice. They divorced twice too. Easy come, easy go.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallWalter BrennanDuring World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.Bogey and Bacall.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsJason RobardsJane AlexanderWinona RyderA 13-year-old girl changes a pleasant life in the countryside for a troubled life in the city.Never confirmed. Winona Ryder and Rob Lowe. She was underage.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsWinona RyderChristian SlaterShannen DohertyAt Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.Winona said she and Christian Slater dated for two weeks.