MOVIES THAT ENDED WITH REAL-LIFE MARRIAGES

Mr & Mrs Smith’ (2005) - Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Perhaps the

most famous example of what we’re talking about here is

the creation of ‘Brangelina’. Angelina Jolie already had a bit of

a reputation in her personal life and was instantly blamed by

everyone for her affair with Brad Pitt. The world was well and truly

'Team Aniston’ at the time and the press dined out on the

story for months. Jennifer Aniston and Brad divorced, while the

actor and Angelina have stayed the course and are now the

undisputed King & Queen of Movieland.

'Proof of Life’ (2000) – Meg Ryan & Russell Crowe After Russell Crowe

stuck his angry Australian nose into Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid’s

personal life, there really was no proof of life left in it. The pair’s

nine-year marriage came to an end officially in July 2001. In an

interview around the time, the actress claimed that her husband

Dennis had been unfaithful throughout most of their time

together. Meg and Russell didn’t last long and the 'Sleepless in Seattle’

actress went on to break up US singer John Mellencamp’s

marriage. Oh, Meg!

'Cleopatra’ (1963) - Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton fiery

relationship is one of the most famous in celebrity history. The

pair were married and divorced a couple of times and kept

gossipers the world over chattering with their wild behaviour.

Their beginnings were not without controversy either, Liz left her

singer hubby Eddie Fisher for the Welsh acting legend thanks to

a public affair during the shooting of the Egyptian epic. Taylor

and Fisher’s pairing had always been slightly frowned upon

anyway since Liz’s ex before Eddie was Eddie’s best friend who

had died. And Eddie left America’s darling Debbie Reynolds

for Taylor. Confusing, eh?!

'To Have and Have Not’ (1944) – Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall In

the case of this Howard Hawks classic, it was clearly a case of

'have’ for its two main stars, Humphrey Bogart and the then

19 year-old Lauren Bacall. Their on-set affair put paid to Bogey’s

disastrous marriage to the interestingly-named Broadway

actress Mayo Methot.

'Stromboli’ (1950) – Ingrid Bergman & Roberto Rossellini. Here’s

some extra-marital business that ended in real trouble…When

Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman wrote to the Italian auteur

Roberto Rossellini to tell him how much she admired his work,

he immediately invited her to collaborate with him. This

partnership turned physical and she left her dentist husband

Petter Lindström for the director. Bergman was vilified in the

US for her affair and was even denounced on the floor of the

US Senate by senator Edwin Johnson for her 'indecent behaviour’.

Which seems a bit harsh…

'Dream House’ (2011) – Rachel Weisz & Daniel Craig.  You had to

feel sorry for lauded American director Darren Aronofsky when

his missus, English actress Rachel Weisz left him. Not only

did she ditch him for her co-star in the dire ghost story 'Dream House’,

that co-star was none other than 007 himself, Daniel Craig.

And it’s probably rather difficult to compete for ladies with

James Bond, isn’t it?

'The Getaway’ (1972) – Steve McQueen & Ali MacGraw Hollywood’s

Coolest Man had a reputation for wooing his leading ladies.

This was all well and good while he was a single man, but when he

began seeing his 'Getaway’ co-star, the beautiful 'Love Story’

actress Ali McGraw, he happened to be married. But not for

long. McQueen dumped his wife Neile and married Ali. Then

divorced her five years later. Then married someone

else two years after that…

'Dangerous Liaisons’ (1988) – John Malkovich & Michelle Pfeiffer.

 We doubt Dick Tracy star Glenne Headly entertained the thought

that husband John Malkovich would hook up with Michelle Pfeiffer

on the set of 'Dangerous Liaisons’. She didn’t realise that cheating

on your wife with Catwoman is all just part of Being John Malkovich.