Controversy! Remember the Films That Resulted in Betrayal and Separation of Their Stars

Since the beginning of cinema, the public has been treated to great love stories. These stories are marked by protagonists with great chemistry, with whom we identify and never forget. Iconic couples like Humphrey Bogart It is Ingrid Bergman in ‘Casablanca‘ or Clark Gable It is Vivien Leigh in ‘Gone with the Wind‘ fell in love with audiences around the world and continue to enchant. In the last 30 years, we can mention Julia Roberts It is Richard Gere in ‘A beautiful woman‘, who met again in ‘Runaway Bride‘.

Some film couples even work so well that they reprise their partnerships throughout other films. This is the recent case with Ryan Gosling It is Emma StoneIt is Jennifer Lawrence It is Bradley Cooper – the first couple with three films and the second with four. However, in an exercise in life imitating art, closeness during recording can unite these couples in real life as well. But what happens when they are already married or in a relationship? That’s what we’ll see in this article, with some films that became controversial for ending their stars’ marriages. Check it out below.

‘Mr and Mrs Smith‘ became a series on Amazon Prime Video and is very successful. We just hope that the series doesn’t result in the same behind-the-scenes controversy as the film that gave rise to it. As everyone will know very well, before the series, ‘Mr and Mrs Smith‘ was a very popular blockbuster in 2005. And that film, about a couple of spies from rival agencies, became the most notorious case of behind-the-scenes betrayal. What happens is that the protagonist Brad Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston since 2000. But when he met his co-protagonist Angelina Jolie Behind the scenes, the passion was so great that the two finished filming together – in a relationship that would last 14 years and have 6 children.

It wasn’t just in ‘Mr and Mrs Smith‘ what Angelina Jolie it would be the pivot of a separation of actors with whom he worked. With Brad Pitt the case became better known because it involved one of Hollywood’s best-known heartthrobs. However, six years earlier the femme fatale had already “stole” someone else’s man. After all, if it’s not about having relationships with committed men, Angelina Jolie doesn’t even leave the house.

We are talking about Billy Bob Thorntonwith whom Jolie worked on ‘High Control‘, a comedy about the rivalry between two air traffic controllers, also starring John Cusack It is Cate Blanchett. When filming started, Thornton lived with his girlfriend Laura Dern – who said she went out to work and “received the news” when she discovered that her then-boyfriend had married another woman, without even telling her anything.

This reimagining of the classic horror book, with greater appeal in drama and a certain romance, led by Kenneth Branagh, would also be marked behind the scenes by a case of notorious betrayal in Hollywood. It turns out that the director started the project married to a fellow Englishwoman Emma Thompsonwinner of two Oscars, forming at the time one of the hottest couples in the industry – two sharp creative minds.

The duo’s union took place in 1989, but then a young woman appeared on the scene. Helena Bonham Carterwith whom Thompson had worked on ‘Return to Howards End‘ (1992). Carter was cast as Elizabeth, Dr. Frankenstein’s bride, in Branagh’s film. And the director, who also stars, couldn’t resist the actress’s “technical” kisses, ending the experience together, much to Thompson’s sadness.

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‘Stop-Loss‘ is a 2008 drama that wasn’t very well known, despite featuring names like Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt It is Ryan Phillippe in the cast, and the direction of Kimberly Peirce (then the winner’s departure from the Oscar’Boys do not Cry‘). Produced by Paramount and MTV Films, the anti-war drama would be marked as the film that resulted in the controversial end of the marriage of two beloved young stars of the time: Reese Witherspoon It is Ryan Phillippe.

The two met behind the scenes of the cult ‘Second thoughts‘, a 1999 romantic drama, they got married and had two children. But then it cameStop-Loss‘ and the actress Abbie Cornishwith whom Phillippe had a behind-the-scenes affair, resulting in the “public humiliation” of Witherspoonin her own words. Phillippe It is Cornish They stayed together for a while, assuming the relationship, which would later end. Poetic justice or not, today the career of Witherspoon it is on another level in relation to that of the “traitors”.

Another case that became well known in the media, thanks to the advent of social networks, was that of the behind-the-scenes of the blockbuster ‘Snow White the Huntsman‘. In the public domain, the fairy tale story of snow White was transformed into a medieval fantasy epic, with aspirations of ‘Lord of the Rings‘, by Universal. The film featured Kristen Stewart as the title character (so still riding the franchise’s wave of popularity)Twilight‘), Charlize Theron like the evil witch and Chris Hemsworth as the hunter (and not the prince).

Betrayal here did not involve Hemstorthand yes the director of the film, the debutant Rupert Sanders. The guy was caught kissing with Kristen Stewart during filming breaks. Detail: the subject was married and Stewart at the time she was involved in a relationship with her partnerTwilight‘, Robert Pattinson. For the continuation of ‘snow White‘, just in case, Universal removed both from the scene Sanders It is Stewart. Today, the actress has come out as a lesbian and has relationships with women.

In one of the most recent cases of public betrayal behind the scenes of a film, the up-and-comer’Do not worry, dear‘, a feminist thriller, was marked by its chaotic filming. In charge, the actress Olivia Wilde wrote her name as one of the most talented young directors of the time, having made a highly praised debut in ‘Outstanding‘ (2019). However, everything would go off the rails when Wilde fell madly in love with the music star and actor “stunt” Harry Stylescausing discomfort to everyone around when he disappeared from the set for hours to “date” his crush.

This caused friction monster with the young star Florence Pugh, who stated that he had to direct many of his scenes without the director on set. What stands out most, however, is that at the time Wilde was still married to Jason “Ted Lasso” Sudeikis, who repaid the public humiliation by sending divorce papers through a court clerk while the woman was in the middle of a performance speaking at Comic Con. “Ouch.”

Have you heard of the movie’Palmer‘? Okay, almost no one heard. It is a 2021 drama starring Justin Timberlake. In the plot, he plays Palmer, an ex-convict who befriends a boy, coming from a stormy home. More famous than the film were the behind-the-scenes footage, which captured Timberlake in moments of great intimacy with his co-star Alisha Wainwright (from the series ‘Raising Dion‘).

Tabloids caught the two holding hands at dinners and in very close situations. The question is: Timberlake remains married to the actress Jessica Bielwho seems to be the most tolerant woman in the world – since in 2013 when the singer came to Brazil, there were many rumors that he had a relationship with a Brazilian actress and model during his performance at Rock in Rio that year.

Another film that was better known for its controversial behind-the-scenes betrayal than for its content itself. ‘Proof of Life‘ was the film that the Australian actor Russell Crowe amended after his revelation with both feet in the door in ‘Gladiator‘. Action thriller, the film brings Crowe as a professional negotiator, who is also a highly trained man. He is hired by Alice to free her husband, an architect kidnapped by insurgent forces in South America.

Alice is played by America’s sweetheart in the 90s, Meg Ryan. In the plot, the woman ends up getting romantically involved with the negotiator, to complicate things even more. And in real life, Ryan He also couldn’t resist the charms of the then truculent heartthrob Crowe, and “jumped the fence”. In season, Ryan was married to Dennis Quaid – they met while filming the adventure ‘Unusual Journey‘ and they got married in 1991. The divorce would come out a year after the betrayal. Ryan It is Quaid are the young man’s parents Jack Quaidthe Hughie of success ‘The Boys‘, from Amazon.