Aaron Taylor-Johnson addresses age-gap relationship with wife Sam Taylor-Johnson

15 August 2023 , 15:00

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson addresses age-gap relationship with wife Sam Taylor-Johnson

Aaron Taylor-Johnson addressed his relationship with Sam Taylor-Johnson in a recent interview, with him having shared some insight into their decade-long marriage.

The actor, 33, and director Sam, 56, have been together for more than a decade now, after having met through the film Nowhere Boy (2009). The relationship has attracted much attention over the years, including over their age gap.

Aaron - whose since worked with Sam on other projects like the film A Million Little Pieces (2018) - spoke about the relationship in a recent interview. This included when asked if it "works" because it's based on "creative partnership".

Sam Taylor-Johnson (left) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (right) have been together for over a decade (PA Wire/PA Images)

He told Esquire in response to the suggestion: "I met Sam as actor and director." Aaron said that although they are "really great" at collaborating, the relationship is based on more than that. "That's not why I fell in love with her," he said.

Aaron didn't provide much more insight into the couple's relationship, though he did tell the outlet: "I've got really nothing to hide, and I'm secure in what we have. But I'm not going to unlock things that are actually precious to me."

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The couple met through the film Nowhere Boy (2009), which was Sam's directorial debut. Aaron starred as John Lennon in the biopic. It's understood that he was 18, whilst she was around 41, when they worked together on the film.

The couple got married in 2012, after having met through the film Nowhere Boy (2009) (Getty Images)

Sam previously told Harper's Bazaar that they were "very professional" on the production and began dating after filming the project. They got engaged in 2009, with the relationship attracting attention and controversy at the time.

The couple - who got married in 2012 - have two children together. They're parents to Wylda, 13 and Romy, 11. The family also includes Sam's daughters Angelica, 25, and Jessie, 15, from her marriage to art dealer Jay Jopling, 60.

Aaron suggested to Esquire that he had known he would be a "young father" years before becoming a parent. And he further told the outlet during the interview that he had long suspected that he would also have a "big family".

Joel Leaver