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5 celebrity couples that met through Marvel or DC movies
- There are a few celebrity couples that were introduced through roles in Marvel or DC Comics films.
- Former couple Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult met through parts in the 2011 film "X-Men: First Class."
Former flames Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst met through their roles as love interests in the 2002 film "Spider-Man."
Maguire and Dunst portrayed Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson, respectively in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy that lasted between 2002 and 2007.
They had a short-lived relationship in 2001 while filming the first movie.
Raimi told The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007 that he was worried about how the stars would continue to work together on the sequels after their breakup, but it turned out to not be an issue.
"They apparently began dating with each other, I think, in the middle of the first movie ... although I didn't know it at the time," he said. "They eventually broke up before the second movie. I was concerned they wouldn't get the same chemistry back, but it was just me worrying."
Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult, who dated for five years, met through the 2011 movie "X-Men: First Class."
Lawrence starred as the shape-shifting mutant named Raven/Mystique and Hoult portrayed another X-Men member named Hank McCoy/Beast. Their characters dated and appeared in several "X-Men" films.
Lawrence and Hoult's real-life relationship was confirmed by JustJared in January 2011, four months prior to the release of "First Class."
Their reported split was revealed in January 2013 but they got back together later that year.
By August 2014, they ended their relationship for good.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's real-life relationship was the best thing to come out of the critically panned "Green Lantern" movie.
Reynolds was cast as the DC Comics character Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in July 2009. A few months later, in January 2010, it was revealed that Lively landed the role of Carol Ferris, a pilot and love interest to the superhero.
Reynolds and Lively attended San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010 as part of a panel for "Green Lantern," but they weren't dating at the time.
Reynolds was married to Scarlett Johansson (they announced their split in December 2010) and Lively was dating her "Gossip Girl" costar Penn Badgley (they reportedly split in September 2010 after three years together).
Reynolds and Lively's relationship was confirmed by People in October 2011.
They got married at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, in September 2012 and have since welcomed three children together: daughters Inez, James, and Betty.
Exes Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone started dating in real life after meeting through their roles in the rebooted "Spider-Man" franchise.
Garfield starred as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Stone portrayed Gwen Stacy in two "Amazing Spider-Man" films released in 2012 and 2014.
In a 2012 interview with Teen Vogue, Garfield said that it felt like he "woke up" when Stone entered the room during her screen test.
"I was so bored of it by then that I was mucking about —I'd been pretending I was Tom Hanks or Seth Rogen," he said. "And then she came in, and it was like diving into white-water rapids and having no desire to hang on to the side."
"Throughout shooting, it was wild and exciting," Garfield added. "I couldn't help but try to stay with her, keep pace with her, and not let her get away."
He shared similar thoughts in a featurette for the home release of "TASM," describing Stone as "a shot of espresso."
"She's incredibly energetic and enthusiastic and she had this sense of play and fun, which was incredibly exciting."
It's unclear when exactly the couple started dating, but they were photographed kissing in NYC in March 2012, a few months before the theatrical release of "TASM."
Garfield and Stone split in 2015, but have continued to remain amicable since.
Tom Holland and Zendaya became good friends through their MCU parts and eventually started dating off-camera.
The stars met during Zendaya's audition process for MJ for the 2017 movie "Spider-Man: Homecoming."
Holland had already been cast as the MCU's Peter Parker/Spider-Man back in 2015, after doing multiple auditions around the world. He made his debut as the web-slinger in "Captain America: Civil War," released in May 2016.
Holland later told The Hollywood Reporter that his first meeting with Zendaya was "very embarrassing, actually, for me" and it wasn't his "smoothest moment."
In July 2017, the same year they shared the screen for the first time in
Homecoming," an anonymous source told People that the actors began dating while filming the superhero movie.
Holland and Zendaya quickly shut down the report, joking about it on Twitter. In the years that followed, they continued denying dating speculation. They were also romantically linked to other people.
In July 2021, the actors were photographed kissing inside a car driven by Holland while at a red light in LA.
Holland later spoke about the incident in a 2021 cover story for GQ's Men of the Year issue. The actor said that he and Zendaya "sort of felt robbed of our privacy" when paparazzi took photos of them and released them.
He didn't share specific details about their relationship, telling the publication: "This isn't my story. It's our story. And we'll talk about what it is when we're ready to talk about it together."
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