Actors spend long hours working together on movie and TV sets. Sometimes the chemistry between them is so strong that it continues after the work is over and new celebrity romances start. Some of them last longer than the others, but they all make the headlines. Here are some of the hottest on-screen couples that translated to real life love.
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
Where do we start with these two? Robert Pattinson reportedly had a crush on Kristen Stewart during the first Twilight film. The only issue? She had a boyfriend. But by the premiere of the second installment, New Moon, the pair was hot and heavy. They split following her ‘indiscretion’ with her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders, but then got back together again. However, that didn’t last long and now the romance is officially over.
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher
They met on the set of That 70’s Show in 1998, but they didn’t start dating until last year. They hooked up after Kutcher split from wife Demi Moore. They are often photographed together but remain quite private when it comes to their relationship. Latest rumors say they are engaged.
Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman
They met on the set of an Australian television prison drama. Hugh and Deborra got married in 1996. They are adoptive parents to son Oscar Maximillion and daughter Ava Elliot.
Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder
These two met on the set of The Vampire Diaries, but recently split. The couple went public with their romance in 2011 and have reportedly vowed to remain friends and not let the split affect their work on the drama.
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck
The couple originally met back in 2001 on the set of Pearl Habour, and starred more intimately in 2003’s Daredevil, but didn’t officially become an item until 2004. After a marriage in 2005 and the arrival of three kids, Ben and Jennifer have predominately shunned the media spotlight. And it seems to have worked.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
Partners who share parenting duties for six children (three adopted, three biological), met on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They famously fell in love on the racy movie’s set, reportedly while Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston. Pitt had also dated Gwyneth Paltrow after meeting her on the set of Se7en, while Jolie had previously married and divorced co-stars Jonny Lee Miller (Hackers) and Billy Bob Thornton (Pushing Tin) and had a romantic relationship with model Jenny Shimizu, whom she met on the set of Foxfire.
Courtney Cox and David Arquette
David and Courtney met on the set of Scream back in 1996. The couple announced their separation in October 2010 after 12 years and a daughter, Coco, together. They remain friends though.
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
Two of the eighties biggest stars originally met while filming the wartime romance Swing Shift in 1983, and went on to form the power couple of the decade and have one of the longest ever running celebrity relationships. They’re still going strong 30 years later and have one child of their own, while Goldie Hawn’s other children (including Kate Hudson) have come to regard Russell as their father.
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem
They met in 1992 but took it slow. Very, very slow. Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz began dating while filming Vicki Cristina Barcelona in 2007. They married in 2010 and have a son named Leo and welcomed daughter Luna this year in July.
Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer
Anna and Stephen met on the set of True Blood and started dating after filming the series pilot in 2007. They married on 21 August 2010 and have a son, Charlie, and a daughter, Poppy, who are fraternal twins born in September 2012.