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Stanley Tucci has revealed that he "kept trying to break it off" with his now-wife Felicity Blunt when they were dating because of their age gap.
The actor, 62, has been in a relationship with literary agent Felicity, around 41 - the sister of Emily Blunt - for more than a decade, with the couple having got married in 2012.
They first met at the Devil Wears Prada (2006) premiere - with the film starring both Stanley and Emily - and later reconnected at Emily's wedding to John Krasinski in 2010.
Stanley opened up about the relationship - which came following the death of his first wife Kate Spath-Tucci in 2009 - during an appearance on a podcast earlier this month.
Stanley Tucci (right) has spoken about his relationship with Felicity Blunt (left) (Dave Benett/Getty Images for Paul Smith)
They first met in around 2006, but developed a romance after reconnecting at her sister Emily Blunt's wedding to John Krasinski (right) (Getty)Stanley was a guest on a recent episode of BBC Sounds' Desert Island Discs, where he was asked by the show's host Lauren Laverne about his relationship with Felicity.
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The actor said that him and Kate - who died aged 47 in 2009 after having been diagnosed with breast cancer - had first met Felicity whilst at the Devil Wears Prada premiere.
He noted that about a year later, following the death of his first wife, he reconnected with Felicity at the wedding of her youngest sister Emily, now 40, and her husband, now 43.
They developed a romance and discussing this, Stanley said: "I was kind of afraid to get into a relationship and I kept trying to break it off because I'm 21 years older than she is and I didn't wanna feel old for the rest of my life."
The actor - whose credits also include The Lovely Bones (2009) and The Hunger Games (2012) - added in the recent episode: "But I knew this was an incredibly special person".
Stanley spoke about his relationship with Felicity on BBC Sounds' Desert Island Discs recently (Getty Images)
The actor has now been married to Felicity for more than a decade (Mike Marsland/WireImage)Stanley also praised Felicity for supporting him and the three children he shared with his late wife, with him parent to Camilla, 21, and twins Nicolò and Isabel, both 23.
He said: "Felicity has been so incredible taking on a widower and three children [...] That's a huge thing, at a very young age too. If anybody made things better for all of us".
After getting married more than a decade ago in 2012, Stanley and Felicity expanded the family with the additions of their son Matteo, now 8, and their daughter Emilia, now 5.