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Aaron Taylor-Johnson is currently starring in the titular role in Sony’sKraven the Hunter. The film marks the actor’s return to playing a Marvel character. However, aside from his career choices, Taylor-Johnson’s personal life remains one of the most talked about aspects of his life, primarily because of his age-gap marriage to director Sam Taylor-Johnson.
In an interview, Taylor-Johnson’s wife talked about meeting the actor when he was only a teenager. At the same time, the actor made a surprising admission about meeting the much older director, expressing a desire to marry her even before they started dating. Here is what Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson have said about their relationship over the years.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s wife recounted their first meeting
Aaron Taylor-Johnsonmet his eventual wife Sam Taylor-Johnson (née Taylor-Wood) when he was cast in the director’s 2009 biographical drama movieNowhere Boy. When he first met the woman he ended up marrying, Taylor-Johnson was only nineteen years old.
During an interview withHarper’s Bazaar, the actor’s wife recounted meeting her future husband for the first time while working on the movie. She admitted that while they kept things professional as soon as the filming concluded, Taylor-Johnson expressed his desire to marry her.
Everyone on set knew. And as soon as we finished, he told me he was going to marry me. We had never been on a date, or even kissed.
Sam Taylor-Johnson made the above statement, with her husband adding that he proposed to the director for marriage exactly one year after the incident.
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The coupleannouncedtheir engagement in 2009, at the premiere ofNowhere Boy. They eventually tied the knot at Babington House, Somerset, in June 2012. Taylor-Johnson waspreviously married to art dealer Jay Joplingbefore they split in 2008.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson remains unbothered by criticism of his age-gap marriage
Aaron andSam Taylor-Johnsonrecently completed thirteen years of marriage. However, even after all this time, their relationship remains the question of media scrutiny, primarily because of their drastic age gap. The couple has an age difference with the actor being 24 years junior to his filmmaker wife.
During an interview withRolling Stone, Taylor-Johnson addressed the age gap in their relationship and the scrutiny it received in the public eye. TheKraven the Hunteractorsaid the following, being largely unbothered by the gossip around his marriage:
You’re doing something too quickly for someone else? I don’t understand that. What speed are you supposed to enjoy life at? It’s bizarre to me.
Similarly, Sam Taylor-Johnson also addressed the age gap between her and her husband, noting that it was hardly ever an issue for the couple. She toldThe Guardian:
We’re a bit of an anomaly, but it’s that thing: after 14 years you just think, surely by now it doesn’t really matter?
From the couple’s words, it is evident that the couple is unbothered by the chatter about their relationship while acknowledging that their marriage isn’t a conventional one because of their age difference.
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However, despite being married for so long, the Taylor-Johnsons are showing no signs of letting their relationship be affected by media and public scrutiny. The couple keep their personal life private and have two daughters. At the same time, Taylor-Johnson is also the stepfather to his wife’s two daughters from her first marriage.
Kraven the Hunteris playing in theaters in the United States.
Pratik Handore
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With a keen interest in comic book movies and blockbuster franchises, Pratik usually covers news and updates on the DCU, MCU, Star Wars, and more.A die-hard fan of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Pratik spends most of his time exploring different storytelling mediums that invoke a sense of wonder and adventure. Other filmmakers whose works have deeply influenced him include Alfred Hitchcock, James Gunn, and Guillermo del Toro.
