Stars Who Dated Their Administrators: Harry Kinds, Kristen Stewart

On-set romances don’t solely go down between the leads! Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Harry Kinds and extra stars have been linked to the director of their respective tasks through the years.

Williams, for her half, was married to singer-songwriter Phil Elverum when she began engaged on the FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon, which Thomas Kail directed.

“It’s messy behind the scenes,” an insider informed Us Weekly in January 2020, noting that the filmmaker break up from spouse Angela Christian someday in 2019. “[Michelle and Thomas] fell arduous and quick for one another.”

The Dawson’s Creek alum and Elverum, who secretly wed in July 2018, referred to as it quits in April 2019 after lower than a yr of marriage. Information broke in December of the identical yr that Williams was pregnant and engaged to Kail. They made their purple carpet debut on the Golden Globes in January 2020 and the actress gave delivery to their first baby collectively that June. Additionally they wed in 2020. (Williams additionally has a daughter, Matilda, with the late Heath Ledger.)

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Whereas Williams and Kail have stayed mum on the origins of their romance, Stewart was compelled to remark after she was caught dishonest on then-boyfriend Robert Pattinson along with her Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders, in 2012. Us Weekly printed unique photographs of the actress and the director, who was married to mannequin Liberty Ross on the time, making out.

“I am deeply sorry for the damage and embarrassment I’ve triggered to these near me and everybody this has affected,” the actress mentioned in a press release on the time. “This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized a very powerful factor in my life, the individual I like and respect probably the most, Rob. I like him, I like him, I am so sorry.”

Sanders and Ross, who share two children, subsequently break up and finalized their divorce in 2014. Pattinson and Stewart additionally referred to as it quits amid the scandal, however later reconciled. They break up for good in Could 2013.

Extra lately, Kinds was seen holding arms with Olivia Wilde, who’s directing him within the upcoming movie Don’t Fear Darling. Along with attending a marriage collectively in January 2021, the pair have been noticed outdoors of the singer’s Los Angeles residence that very same month. Information of their romance got here after Wilde break up from longtime love Jason Sudeikis in November 2020. The previous couple, who share son Otis and daughter Daisy, bought engaged in 2013 after two years of courting.

Scroll by for an inventory of stars who dated their director:

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Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox

The “Bloody Valentine” performer directed his fiancée — whom he proposed to in January 2022 — in his directorial debut, Good Mourning. The movie — out in Could 2022 — additionally stars Dove Cameron, Pete Davidson and Mod Solar.

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Lily Collins and Charlie McDowell

The filmmaker, who tied the knot with Collins in September 2021, directed his spouse within the 2022 Netflix film Windfall.

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Zoe Kravitz and Channing Tatum

The Large Little Lies star will make her directorial debut with Pussy Island, which is able to costar Tatum. Us Weekly confirmed in August 2021 that the pair had began courting amid pre-production. Filming is ready to start in June 2022.

“Channing and Zoë are doing nice. They’re having quite a lot of enjoyable collectively,” a supply completely informed Us in March 2022. “Each see severe potential for the long run.”

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Florence Pugh and Zach Braff

The Little Girls star and the Scrubs alum have been noticed holding arms in New York Metropolis in April 2019 after collaborating on the brief movie Within the Time It Takes to Get There. After three years of courting, Pugh confirmed in August 2022 that the couple referred to as it quits earlier that yr.

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Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson

The couple met on the set of Nowhere Boy in 2009 when Aaron (who portrayed a younger John Lennon) was 18 years outdated. The director was 42 on the time. Sam and the Marvel star tied the knot in June 2012 and later welcomed two kids collectively. (Sam additionally has two kids from her earlier marriage.)

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Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky

The Oscar winner met the director on the set of Mom! in 2016, however their relationship fizzled out after one yr collectively. Lawrence threw shade at him in 2017 after the movie bought combined opinions.

“We’d be on the tour collectively, I’d come again to the resort and the very last thing I need to discuss or take into consideration is the film, and he comes again and that’s all he needs to speak about,” Lawrence informed Selection. “I used to be doing double responsibility of making an attempt to be a supportive associate whereas additionally being like, ‘Can I please, for the love of God, not take into consideration Mom! for one second?’”

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Olivia Wilde and Harry Kinds

Information broke in September 2020 that the musician was changing Shia LaBeouf in Wilde’s Don’t Fear Darling. Lower than 4 months later, the actress was noticed holding arms with Kinds at a marriage.

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Kristen Stewart and Rupert Sanders

Us shared unique photographs of Stewart and Sanders packing on the PDA in 2012.

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Michelle Williams and Thomas Kail

Williams and Kail met on the set of the FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon.

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Frances McDormand and Joel Coen

McDormand met her future husband when she auditioned for the Coen Brothers’ (Joel and Ethan Coen) directorial debut, 1984’s Blood Easy. The pair wed the identical yr the film was launched and adopted son Pedro McDormand Coen in 1985.

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Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes

The Titanic star has been married to 2 administrators previously. After assembly on the set of 1998’s Hideous Kinky, she wed the film’s assistant director Jim Threapleton. They break up in 2001. Following her divorce, Winslet was provided a task in a play Mendes was engaged on. She turned down the half however married him in 2003. The duo, who share son Joe, labored collectively on the 2008 film Revolutionary Highway. They break up in 2010.

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Rosario Dawson and Danny Boyle

The actress was linked to Boyle through the capturing of 2013’s Trance, which he directed and she or he starred in, however their romance didn’t final.

“It is not like we introduced our relationship, so it is not like we’ll announce our breakup,” Dawson informed Web-A-Porter in March 2013 in regards to the director, who’s greater than 20 years older than her. “I like Danny. He is fantastic and we dated longer than folks suppose we did.”

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Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman

Beckinsale met Wiseman on the set of 2003’s Underworld. The actress and the director exchanged vows the next yr however break up in November 2015.

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Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton

Bonham Carter met the director on the set of 2001’s Planet of the Apes. After they tied the knot that very same yr, they went on to collaborate on a collection of flicks together with Large Fish, Charlie And the Chocolate Manufacturing facility, Sweeney Todd and Alice in Wonderland. The duo, who share son Billy and daughter Nell, break up in 2014.

“It is perhaps simpler to work collectively with out being collectively anymore. He all the time solely forged me with nice embarrassment,” she mentioned in 2016.

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Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg

The actress met the legendary director whereas auditing for 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. They wed in October 1991 and share a number of kids: Theo, Sasha, Sawyer, Mikaela and Destry. Kate can be the mom of Gray’s Anatomy alum Jessica Capshaw, whom she shares with ex-husband Robert Capshaw, whereas Spielberg shares son Max with ex-wife Amy Irving.

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Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich

The director began courting the Resident Evil star after they met on the set of the 2002 movie. After courting on and off for years, they bought again collectively in 2007 and she or he gave delivery to daughter Ever. The twosome wed in 2009 and went on to welcome daughters Dashiel and Osian.