For as long as there's been cinema, actors and actresses have been falling in love on set. Same goes for singers, TV stars, and other entertainers. There's just some kind of chemistry that occurs between people in the same business, and that chemistry cannot be planned for. So it's common that many celebrities meet their future partners while they're in relationships with other people.
Here are ten examples of some famous couples — some together, some not — who met when they were already taken.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds met on the set of "The Green Lantern."
"Gossip Girl" stars Blake Lively and Penn Badgley dated from May 2007 to September 2010. While they were together, she was cast in "Green Lantern" opposite Ryan Reynolds, which they filmed from March to August 2010. They got together after Reynolds divorced actress Scarlett Johansson. Now, Reynolds and Lively are married and have two daughters.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt famously met during "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."
After falling for actress Angelina Jolie while filming "Mr and Mrs. Smith" together, actor Brad Pitt ended his four-and-a-half-year marriage with actress Jennifer Aniston reportedly to be with his new flame. Pitt and Aniston had been together for a total of seven years. Jolie and Pitt eventually married, then split in 2017.
Sarah Hyland and Dom Sherwood met on the set of "Vampire Academy"
In early 2009, actress Sarah Hyland met actor Matt Prokop while auditioning for "High School Musical 3." The two dated until August 2014, when she broke up with him amid accusations of abuse. Meanwhile, Hyland had met actor Dom Sherwood on the set of "Vampire Academy" in summer 2013, and they were spotted together in January 2015, dated for two years, and then split. Hyland is now dating former Bachelorette contestant Wells Adams.
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