Aaron Taylor-Johnson and his wife, Back to Black director Sam Taylor-Johnson, held hands after a unprecedented crimson carpet date evening.
The couple celebrated the arena premiere of the Amy Winehouse biopic at London’s Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Monday, April 8. The actor, 33, wore a black leather-based jacket and pants whilst Sam, 57, donned a black midi get dressed. The twosome later stepped out for the afterparty, holding hands.
Sam, who prior to now brought Fifty Shades of Grey to the large display screen, directed Back to Black after several different filmmakers tried to tell Winehouse’s tale. The film lines the overdue jazz singer’s path from appearing in North London to turning into a Grammy-winning artist recognized for hits like “Rehab.” (The movie’s title pays homage to her acclaimed album of the similar title.)
Monday’s time out got here in a while after Aaron, who married Sam in 2012, defended the couple’s age gap. The pair are more than twenty years aside in age and met on the set of the 2009 John Lennon biopic, Nowhere Boy, which Sam directed.
“What you gotta understand is that what most of the people were doing of their twenties, I was doing when I used to be 13,” Aaron revealed in his April/May 2024 Rolling Stone UK duvet tale.
He persevered: “You’re doing one thing too briefly for any person else? I don’t understand that. What pace are you intended to enjoy existence at? It’s ordinary to me.”
The couple share two children: Wylda and Romy Hero, born in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Aaron could also be stepdad to Sam’s youngsters from her previous marriage Jay Joplin: Angelica, born in June 1997, and Jessie, born in September 2005.
While chatting with Rolling Stone UK, Aaron known as his wife “an ideal filmmaker and a ravishing storyteller,” praising her newest mission.
“People will suppose there’s kind of a bias to me saying it, however I believe when they see Back to Black, everybody’s going to understand how fantastic a filmmaker she is,” he said.
The twosome also collaborated on the 2019 film A Million Little Pieces, adapted from James Frey’s debatable novel.
“There’s a protectiveness that I believe; I believe it’s in point of fact tricky,” he instructed Rolling Stone UK of running with his wife. “There’s also a part of me that appears like if something didn’t work, I’m the one who’s accountable.”
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Sam has additionally shown strengthen for her husband’s skill. When rumors began circulating that Aaron used to be introduced the position because the next James Bond, Sam mentioned he would do a “great” job, even hinting that she would possibly wish to make the film.
“You imply that I may direct a Bond movie? The first woman director,” she joked, including, “Carry on speculating. He’d be nice.”
Back to Black hits theaters on May 17.
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