Gemma Arterton’s friends joked she'd end up married eight times like Dame Elizabeth Taylor.
Gemma Arterton
The 'Quantum of Solace' actress wed Rory Keenan in 2019 but she insisted she wasn't looking for a relationship when she met the 'Peaky Blinders' star, even though her pals had predicted she'd have more than just one marriage after her five-year union to Stefano Catelli ended in 2015.
She said: "I wasn’t really thinking about a relationship or marriage.
"Even though everyone said to me, 'Oh, you’ll be like Elizabeth Taylor; you’re going to get married eight times.' But when I met Rory, very early on I thought, 'I hope he asks me to marry him one day!' He has the most beautiful soul."
The 34-year-old star was happy to settle down with Rory because he's such a "good" man.
She told the new issue of Red magazine: "He was raised by amazing parents and has an incredible family. ‘He’s a really good man. I think that as you get older, that’s what you need. I just want to feel like I’m with someone that is good and makes me feel good."
Gemma explained she has learned to be guarded about her personal life when she landed her role of Strawberry Fields in James Bond film 'Quantum of Solace'.
She said:"'I was like, 'Oh, whatever, it's just another role'. Then my publicist called and said, 'Gemma, is there anything you need to tell me? Any skeletons in the closet? You have to tell me now because they will find out.'
"And I remember thinking, 'It's me, who cares?' But that was also a really valuable moment in my life as it made me kind of guarded and careful. I've never wanted to court any attention."
The 'Clash of the Titans' actress has never wanted to be famous, which she thinks has held her back in her career.
She said: "I think sometimes it's held me back, this lack of ambition that maybe people perceive in me, but it's just that I'm not ambitious to be famous.
"I'm ambitious to make good work, to work with good people and to have a career. But I'm actually quite a nervous, anxious person, so it wouldn't be good for me to be in the spotlight all the time."
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