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Jennifer Lawrence And Nicholas Hoult
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After meeting on the set of 2011’s “X-Men: Days Of Future Past”, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult dated off-and-on for three years before breaking up for good. Despite their split, the actors worked together on the follow-up, “X-Men: Apoclaypse”, but not without more than a few awkward moments in the press with Lawrence trashing Hoult’s dishwashing techniques while the British actor compared dating her to just being a “bystander”. Despite the relationship fallout, the two have remained friends with Lawrence bringing future hubby Cooke Maroney as her date to the premiere of “The Favourite” starring Hoult.
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Jacob Elordi And Joey King
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“The Kissing Booth” stars Joey King and Jacob Elordi fell for each other on the set of their Netflix romance but broke up the year after it was released. The movie – and their on-screen chemistry – proved so popular a sequel was ordered. The former couple amicably put their personal life behind to reunite on the screen once again, with King telling Cosmopolitan it was worth it to get to revisit her character.
“At the end of the day, I was just thrilled to be Elle Evans again. Elle Evans needs her Noah Flynn, and whatever that means for my personal life, I'll do anything to make sure the story of my character who I care about so much is complete."
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Amanda Seyfried And Dominic Cooper
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Mamma mia! Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper met on the set of the musical “Mamma Mia!” in 2008 and were together until 2011. The actors put their differences behind them to play husband and wife in the film’s sequel “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”. Cooper definitely has practice putting on a friendly face when it comes to working with an ex – after splitting in 2016, he and ex-partner Ruth Negga both appeared in “Preacher” together for four seasons.
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Cameron Diaz And Justin Timberlake
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Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake proved there was no bad blood between them by starring in “Bad Teacher” a full four years after their breakup. Diaz even gushed about her former romantic partner to US Weekly, saying, “Justin and I have always had a good laugh together, and to make a movie where we get to have a laugh together. There really was no one else who was more perfect for this part.”
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Drew Barrymore And Justin Long
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Drew Barrymore and Justin Long really gave romance a shot, dating from 2007 to 2009 before breaking up. They were on a break when they filmed the long-distance rom-com “Going The Distance”, which briefly set their hearts aflutter again. Barrymore says she still has a great deal of respect for her exes like Long, telling People, “Just because the ‘in love’ doesn’t work doesn’t mean the love goes away.”
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Charlize Theron And Sean Penn
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Charlize Theron reportedly “ghosted” Sean Penn after the end of their relationship in 2015. Their brief romance was so hot and heavy around the time Theron starred in “The Last Face” (which Penn directed), there were even rumours they had wed after Penn proposed to her on a 2014 trip to Paris. But, proving that sometimes ghosts of the past can haunt you again, Theron and Penn had to reunite not just for reshoots, but to promote the movie at the Cannes Film Festival where they made sure to stand at least three people apart for every photocall.
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Dwayne Johnson And Dany Garcia
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Exes don’t always have to be friendly on-screen, just look at Dwayne Johnson and ex-wife Dany Garcia. While they were married the couple co-founded the production company Seven Bucks. Despite ending their marriage in 2007, the former romantic partners have remained business partners for over 14 years.
Johnson had these wise words to share with E! about working with an ex: “You gotta get your therapy and you got to go through it. But I always tell people and I always tell couples who are going through it—especially the dudes who seek out my advice who are like, 'How did you do it?' I always say, 'You gotta put in the work, and just remember that you were friends beforehand.' Like, try to think about things like that, and think about your goals."
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Diane Keaton And Al Pacino
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Diane Keaton and Al Pacino had a romance that nearly spanned the “Godfather” trilogy. The pair met on the set of “The Godfather” in 1971 and started dating while filming, but by the time “The Godfather: Part III” rolled around they were already friendly exes. Sometime around the end of filming ”The Godfather: Part II” Keaton had reportedly issued a marriage ultimatum to Pacino and when he balked, she walked away. Though neither actor ever married, they remain good friends with Pacino giving a heartfelt speech in Keaton’s honour when she won an American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement award. “I love you forever,” he noted at the end.
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Gwyneth Paltrow And Ben Affleck
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Ben Affleck may currently be busy rekindling his romance with former “Gigli” star Jennifer Lopez, but once upon a time, he and Gwyneth Paltrow dated while making 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love”. Paltrow would go on to win an Oscar for her role and the couple parted ways in 2000 around the time they filmed the movie “Bounce” together and managed to smile through the film’s promotional tour together.
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Vanessa Hudgens And Josh Hutcherson
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There was a lot of awkward silence when Josh Hutcherson set the record straight on his relationship with Vanessa Hudgens while promoting their movie “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” in 2012. After a reporter asked the rumoured couple how long they had been “going out”, a long and awkward pause and exchange of looks between the co-stars led to Hutcherson admitting, “We’re not. We were at one point, but she broke my heart…no, I'm just kidding," he said with much unconvincing and nervous laughter from the actors and the embarrassed TV reporter. Hutcherson later insinuated Hudgens did the dumping, telling Seventeen, “I was blind at first by looks, by love, whatever. I’ve been known to fall hard and quick for girls, which I think is better than not falling at all.”
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Jenny Slate And Chris Evans
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A romance blossomed between Jenny Slate and Chris Evans while filming the movie “Gifted” in 2016, but by the time they started promoting the movie in 2017, the relationship was off. Nevertheless, the pair put their best professional foot forward while promoting the flick with Evans calling his ex his “favourite human”. The couple reconciled for a brief period before splitting for good – and leaving Evans to grow a spectacular break-up moustache.
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Elizabeth Taylor And Richard Burton
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Filming multiple movies together, the ultimate on-again, off-again silver screen couple, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s tumultuous marriage and divorce - followed by a second marriage and divorce – didn’t get in the way of their 1983 play “Private Lives”.
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Naomi Watts And Liev Schreiber
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Though their 11-year marriage had ended by 2016, Naomi Watts and Live Schreiber have remained not just dedicated parents, but friendly exes. While they may no longer be husband and wife off-screen, the actors played a married couple on-screen in the movie “Chuck” in 2017.
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Lily Collins And Taylor Lautner
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This is one couple whose low-profile relationship was so brief, they weren’t even confirmed to have been dating until they had already gone their separate ways. Lily Collins and Taylor Lautner had a quick romance while making the movie “Abduction” but by the time the movie was released, the actors were no longer an item but made every effort to look perfectly happy to be promoting the movie together on the red carpet.
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Robert Pattinson And Kristen Stewart
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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart began dating in 2009 after meeting on the set of “Twilight”, followed by a very public breakup after pics of the actress kissing her married “Snow White And The Huntsman” director surfaced in 2012. The end of their relationship came in the middle of “Twilight” mania before the couple had to make the seemingly-endless promotional rounds for the final “Breaking Dawn” movie. Though they briefly got back together in 2012, the couple called it quits for good in 2013.
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