Some stars have had sparks fly on set — even though they played family members on their projects.
Chris Pratt and Emily VanCamp shocked Everwood fans when they started dating after meeting in 2004. At the time, the Marvel star admitted that the reactions to their relationship have been mixed because they played siblings.
“Yeah, we’ve pretty much gotten used to the response of, ‘Ew, that’s weird. That’s creepy,’” he told TV Guide in August 2006. “The people who know us are happy and probably expected it to happen eventually. But yeah, every once in a while we get that one person that’s like, ‘That’s really creepy. You just kissed your sister.’”
The twosome went on to date for nearly three years before calling it quits. Pratt was later married to Anna Faris from 2009 to 2018. They welcomed their son Jack in 2012.
Lauren Graham and Peter Krause also managed to form a connection while playing siblings on Parenthood, which premiered in 2010.
“We couldn’t stop talking,” the Gilmore Girls alum told Good Housekeeping in her January 2017 cover story. “Not about ourselves, but about the world and books and family.”
It didn’t take long for things to become serious between the duo.
“Once we got together, there was no game play[ing],” she explained. “It was like, ‘You like me, and I like you.’ It gave me an understanding of life: This is how things happen, and it’s completely random.”
Scroll down for more couples who found love while playing siblings:
Lauren Graham and Peter Krause (‘Parenthood’)
Graham and Krause portrayed Sarah Braverman and Adam Braverman in NBC’s Parenthood. The twosome, who previously worked together on Caroline in the City, started dating in 2010. Us confirmed in June 2022 that they had split sometime in 2021.
Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia (‘Heroes’)
Panettiere and Ventimiglia sparked a romance from 2007 to 2009 while playing Claire Bennet and Peter Petrelli, who turned out to be uncle and niece.
Emily VanCamp and Chris Pratt (‘Everwood’)
anCamp and Pratt met while playing Bright and Amy Abbott on Everwood, which aired from 2002 to 2006. They dated from 2004 to 2007.
Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall (‘Dexter’)
Carpenter and Hall met while playing Debra Morgan and Dexter Morgan on Dexter, which aired from 2006 to 2013. They started dating in 2007 and eloped the following year. Three years later, the couple broke up, but continued to work together until Dexter’s series finale.
Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey (‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’)
Broderick and Grey started dating in the ’80s while filming Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. They split in 1987 after being involved in a major car crash.
Ian Somerhalder and Maggie Grace (‘Lost’)
Somerhalder met Grace while playing Boone Carlyle and Shannon Rutherford on Lost in 2004 and dated for three years.
Katherine Heigl and Jason Behr (‘Roswell’)
Heigl and Behr starred as Max and Isabel Evans in the sci-fi series, which aired from 1999 to 2002. Although they dated during filming, they parted ways when the show wrapped up.
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