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#10: Anna Camp & Skylar Astin “Pitch Perfect” (2012)
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While we can thank “Pitch Perfect” for making Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson household names, the hit movie can also be credited for the union of co-stars Anna Camp and Skylar Astin. The pair met while filming the franchise’s first film and got married in 2016. While they may have seemed to have a pitch perfect relationship, after just two years of marriage the couple decided to “mutually and amicably” split. Despite their unfortunate divorce, the two actors seem to be thriving separately; Camp is set to appear alongside Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening in the Paramount+ film “Jerry and Marge Go Large,” while Astin reprised his role in the Broadway musical “Spring Awakening” for the show’s 15th Anniversary special.
#9: Sophia Bush & Chad Michael Murray “One Tree Hill” (2003-12)
While Brooke Davis and Lucas Scott never ended up getting married on CW’s “One Tree Hill,” stars Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush did have a short-lived romance during the first three seasons of the beloved teen drama. The pair, who met on the set of the show’s first season, began dating in 2003 before getting married in a California wedding in 2005. Like a storyline straight out of “One Tree Hill,” Murray and Bush’s marriage only lasted five months before the pair ultimately filed for divorce. Despite their separation, in true Hollywood fashion, the pair would go on to co-star on the show for another six seasons - and we appreciate them all the more for it!
#8: Michael C. Hall & Jennifer Carpenter “Dexter” (2006-13; 2021-22)
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While it may come to the surprise of many, this on-screen brother and sister duo were actually married in real life! Meeting on the set of Showtime’s “Dexter,” Hall and Carpenter shocked fans of the show when it was revealed they’d been dating since 2007, later eloping on New Year’s the next year. While the pair stayed united during Hall’s harrowing battle with hodgkin’s lymphoma, in December 2010 it was announced that they had officially separated. The divorce, however, had no impact on the co-star’s professional relationship as they continued to work together on the following seasons of “Dexter,” and appeared alongside one another on the continuation “Dexter: New Blood.”
#7: Chris Pratt & Anna Faris “Take Me Home Tonight” (2011)
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Chris Pratt and Anna Faris may be two of the funniest actors in Hollywood with their eventual relationship making them the ultimate power couple. When they announced their split in 2017, it came as a shock to many. The pair met on the set of “Take Me Home Tonight” in 2007 where they played a couple. While working together on-screen, their relationship off-screen turned romantic. In true Chris and Anna fashion, two years later the couple married in Bali while they were sick with food poisoning. After being married for eight years and welcoming their son Jack in 2012, Faris and Pratt announced they were separating after “[trying to make it work] for a very long time.” Is true love even real!?!?
#6: Channing Tatum & Jenna Dewan “Step Up” (2006)
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We are still not over this split. Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan met on the set of the 2006 film “Step Up,” where they starred as two budding dancers whose opposite lifestyles come together to form a perfect partnership. Reminiscent of the film’s premise, Tatum and Dewan’s on-screen chemistry transformed into a real-life romance for the co-stars. They announced they were dating at the “Step Up” premiere. It wasn’t long before the couple were engaged and subsequently married, taking everyone’s favorite man crush off the market for good. However, despite thirteen years together, the pair announced in 2018 they announced their separation while reassuring fans that there were no hard feelings!
#5: Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth “The Last Song” (2010)
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While they may be the youngest couple on this list, Miley and Liam’s whirlwind romance gave us enough drama to last a lifetime. First meeting on the set of “The Last Song,” Cyrus and Hemsworth made things official just weeks before the film’s release. However, their love was not always smooth sailing from there. They broke up multiple times over the course of their relationship, seemingly ending things for good in 2013. But, if Cyrus’s career has taught us anything it’s to expect the unexpected, which is exactly what happened when the pair reunited in 2016. Despite the couple’s public adoration for each other in the following years and a surprise wedding, they shockingly announced their divorce after less than a year of marriage.
#4: Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman “Days of Thunder” (1990)
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Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman have been two of the most successful actors working in entertainment for over three decades. During their 1990 to 2001 romantic relationship they became one of Hollywood’s biggest power couples . According to Kidman, Cruise “swept [her] off [her] feet” while on set of “Days of Thunder,” where the pair played love interests. Kidman and Cruise would go on to adopt and raise their two children Isabella and Connor during their decade-long marriage. They also starred as a couple in “Far and Away” and “Eyes Wide Shut.” The pair ultimately ended their relationship in 2001 and the world was gifted those iconic photos of Kidman leaving her divorce lawyer’s office in celebration.
#3: Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner “Daredevil” (2003)
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Affleck and Garner first met on the set of “Pearl Harbor.” They reunited two years later to star in “Daredevil.” During the duration of both films Garner was married to fellow actor Scott Foley, and during the latter Affleck was engaged to, yep, JLO. However, following the separation of both couples, it didn’t take long for Affleck and Garner to go public with their long-awaited romance. After less than a year of dating, the two wed. While Affleck and Garner may have seemed like one of the few Hollywood couples that would last, fans were shocked when rumors of Affleck’s alleged infidelity with the family’s nanny hit the tabloids. Less than a month later it was announced that they’d filed for divorce.
#2: Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton “Cleopatra” (1963)
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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are no strangers to getting divorced, as they both had their fair share of failed relationships; but their most famous marriage was with each other. Burton and Taylor met on “Cleopatra” and quickly started an affair that rocked Hollywood. The two wed mere days after Taylor’s divorce from Eddie Fisher and went on to have a passionate, yet tumultuous decade-long marriage before divorcing in 1974. Before too long though, Burton and Taylor married again in 1975. This time, the couple remained married for less than a year before parting ways for the final time. We don’t know about you guys, but “The Notebook” has nothing on these two!
#1: Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (2005)
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If you would have told us ten years ago that Brad and Angelina would go their separate ways after only two years of marriage, we would have thought you were crazy! Often referred to by “Brangelina,” the pair met during the filming of the 2005 movie “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.” They famously “fell in love” while Pitt was still married to fellow actor Jennifer Aniston. Following Brad’s split from Aniston, Brangelina went on to become Hollywood’s it couple for over a decade, during which they notably shared six children together. In 2014 Brangelina tied the knot in a long-awaited ceremony. To the shock of many, their marriage only lasted till 2016 when it was announced Jolie had filed for divorce. Again, is true love real?
