Going The Distance

Going The Distance

Going The Distance sees rumoured couple Drew Barrymore and Justin Long team up on screen for this romantic comedy.

So to celebrate the release of the movie on DVD and Blu-Ray we take a look at the celebrity couples that met on set.

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick

This couple met on the set of "Lemon Sky" in 1988 and were married the same year. They have since done several movies together, including "Murder in The First" and "The Woodsman."

Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan

This couple met on the set of "Innerspace" and married in 1991. They appeared in two other movies together, "D.O.A." and "Flesh and Bone".

Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier

They starred together in Hamlet in 1937 and married in 1940. They portrayed lovers in three movies, Fire Over England , 21 Days and That Hamilton Woman.

Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman

They met while filming the 1990 car-racing flick Days of Thunder. The beautiful couple tied the knot soon after and appeared together again in Far and Away in 1992. They also starred in Eyes Wide Shut together.

Susan Sarandon & Tim Robbins

Sarandon and Robbins have been together - but not married - since the two met on the set of the 1988 baseball film Bull Durham.

The pair worked together again on Dead Man Walking (1995), the death row drama starring Sarandon and directed by Robbins.

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith

A-list couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith met in 1990 when she auditioned for the role of his girlfriend on the hit show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Though she was turned down for the part because she was deemed too short for him, the two pursued a relationship in real life.

They wed in 1997 and went on to costar in the film Ali in 2001.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner

These two met on the set of "Pearl Harbor" in 2001 and then went on to film "Daredevil" two years later.

They were married in 2005 and have two daughters together. Although they have not been together long enough to be considered a golden couple, they are on their way to achieving that status.

Courtney Cox & David Arquette

Surprisingly, this comedic duo met on the set of a horror flick parody - the blockbuster Scream (1996).

They went on to do Scream 2 and then Scream 3.

Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell

They began dating during the filming of their movie "Swing Shift" in 1983 Hawn and Russell met went on to co-star in the 1987 comedy Overboard.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson

Another golden couple, Tom and Rita began dating while filming "Volunteers" and married in 1988.

Since their union, the couple has appeared in "Sleepless in Seattle" and "That Thing You Do". They have two children together. 

Going The Distance is on DVD and Blu-Ray out now.


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