So, it turns out that many of our favorite films were actually the reason that many of our favorite celeb marriages ended. It’s bitter-sweet, really…
But hey, sometimes, that’s the cost of making a great movie, amirite?
1. Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers: “Days Of Thunder”.
When Tom Cruise began filming Days Of Thunder with Nicole Kidman, he and his then-wife, Mimi Rogers, were already on the rocks.
This, you might say, was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
He divoriced Mimi just one month into filming, and began dating Nicole.
He and Nicole tied the knot less than one year after meeting each other .
2. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: “By The Sea”.
Brangelina had their ups and downs — that’s no secret. Fans couldn’t help but notice that the movie, By The Sea seemed to mirror their crumbling real-life marriage.
Angelina even admitted that she and Brad butted heads on-set .
Coincidentally, one year after the film’s release, she filed for divorce.
3. Jennifer Garner and Scott Foley: “Daredevil”.
This one was a doozy.
When Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck met on the set of Daredevil , they were both in committed relationships. Jennifer with her then-husband, Scott Foley, and Ben with Jennifer Lopez.
“That’s where I found my wife,” Ben said about Jennifer. “We met on Pearl Harbor , which people hate, but we fell in love on Daredevil .”
Two months after filming, Jennifer divorced Scott and Ben broke it off with J-Lo.
4. Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush: “House Of Wax”.
There was a fairly good chance that Chad Michael Murray’s marriage to Sophia Bush was doomed from the start. But nonetheless, it broke teenaged hearts around the world in 2006 when they found out that Chad had cheated on Sophia with Paris Hilton while filming House Of Wax .
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In hindsight, “We were two stupid kids who had no business being in a relationship in the first place. To all the other co-stars who’ve worked it out, more power to you,” Sophia said .
5. James Cameron and Linda Hamilton: “Titanic”.
While there was an obvious, fictional romance developing in the film Titanic there was another one brewing BTS…
The film’s director, James Cameron, who was married to Linda Hamilton at the time, was actually having an affair with Suzy Amis.
When things came to a boiling point, James and Linda got divorced, and not long after, he and Suzy tied the knot.
6. Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Philippe: “Stop Loss”.
After meeting Abbie Cornish on the set of Stop Loss , countless cheating rumors began to surface.
While they were never officially confirmed or denied, Ryan and Reese split just a few months later, and he started dating Abbie.
7. Tori Spelling and Charlie Shanian: “Mind Over Murder”.
When Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott met on the set of Mind Over Murder , there was an instant connection between them, despite Dean being married to Mary Jo Eustace already and Tori to Charlie Shanian.
Tori and Dean ended up getting married not long after, and are still together to this day.
8. Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid: “Proof Of Life”.
While filming Proof Of Life , Meg Ryan and Russel Crowe were caught getting real cozy with each other, ultimately, at the cost of Meg’s marriage to Dennis Quaid.
9. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor: “Cleopatra”.
When Richard and Elizabeth met on the set of Cleopatra , Richard was married to Sybil Williams and Elizabeth was married to Eddie Fisher.
What made their love story even more unlikely, was that Elizabeth and Richard initially didn’t get along very well on-set. She described him as “brutish and boorish”.
But when it was finally time for their first on-screen kiss, when the director yelled cut, they couldn’t seem to stop.
The pair divorced their respective spouses not long after, and married each other from 1964 to 1974. Then they divorced, and then remarried each other from 1975 to 1976.
10. Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson: “Green Lantern”.
While the set of Green Lantern is where Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s love story began, it is also where Ryan’s marriage to Scarlett Johansson went to die.
To add insult to injury, at the time, Blake was also in a relationship with her “Gossip Girl” castmate, Penn Badgley.
Not long after wrapping up the movie, Ryan and Scarlett divorced each other, Blake and Penn split up, and Ryan and Blake got married and started having babies.
They all lived happily ever after!
11. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston: “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”.
This one was notorious…
The moment Brad and Angelina met on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith , is the exact moment his marriage to Jennifer Aniston began to deteriorate.
When it was all said and done, and Brad and Angelina’s relationship was in full-effect, he admitted that he “fell in love” while shooting the film with Angelina.
“It took until, really, the end of the shoot for us, I think, to realize that it might mean something more than we’d earlier allowed ourselves to believe,” Angelina said .
“And both knowing that the reality of that was a big thing, something that was going to take a lot of serious consideration.”
