5 Real-Life Couples Who Also Played Couples On Screen

Emily Blunt & John Krasinski played married survivalists — eight years into their real marriage

Blunt and Krasinski married in 2010, well before he wrote, directed, and co-starred alongside her in A Quiet Place (2018) and its 2020 sequel, playing a married couple protecting their children from sound-hunting monsters. Krasinski has said having his real wife and kids on set made the story's stakes feel personal rather than performed.

Ryan Gosling & Eva Mendes started dating right after filming The Place Beyond the Pines — not The Notebook

It's a common assumption that Gosling and Mendes got together on The Notebook — they didn't. The two had actually been friends for years, and Gosling personally recommended Mendes for her role in The Place Beyond the Pines. Dating rumors surfaced shortly after that shoot wrapped in 2011; they're now parents to two daughters.

Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn were already a real couple for four years before Overboard

Russell and Hawn had been a couple since 1983 when they starred opposite each other in the 1987 comedy Overboard, playing a carpenter and an amnesiac heiress who falls for him. They never married, but they're still together nearly four decades later — one of Hollywood's longest-running real-life relationships.

Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner met making Daredevil — and married two years later

Affleck and Garner played the blind vigilante Daredevil and his love interest Elektra in the 2003 film, becoming friends on set while each was in other relationships. They started dating in 2004, married in 2005, and had three children together before divorcing in 2018.

Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively met filming Green Lantern — and married a year after it came out

Reynolds and Lively played superhero Hal Jordan and his love interest Carol Ferris in 2011's Green Lantern, though both were in other relationships during filming. They began dating later that year and married in a private ceremony in 2012 — they now have four children together.