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Rachel Weisz and Darren Aronofsky have said they are a happy couple - despite working on The Fountain together.
The actress played Hugh Jackman's lover in the film directed by her partner and, defying the tendency for lover's collaborations to go wrong, it appears to have been a success.
Aronofsky, who made Requiem for a Dream has taken a risk with the movie, setting it in the 26th century and featuring a "bubble craft" vehicle which floats through the air.
Although early showings of the movie itself have received mixed receptions at the Venice Film Festival, working together appears not to have taken its toll on the couple.
"I'd be honoured if she'd work with me again," joked Aronofsky. "Who knows? I've got to call her agent and see if we can get a deal."
He even coped with watching sex scenes between Weisz and Jackman for the sake of art, he said. "I'm a pervert, so I had no issue with it," he explained. "I enjoy shooting sex scenes very much. She's an actress, he's an actor. When you call cut, it's over." Weisz added: "Actually, Darren was shouting to me, 'Take his trousers off!"'
Director Peter Bogdanovich's career famously took a nose-dive when he started casting his then partner Cybill Shepherd, while Guy Ritchie has been criticised for putting Madonna in disastrous films such as Swept Away.
The actress played Hugh Jackman's lover in the film directed by her partner and, defying the tendency for lover's collaborations to go wrong, it appears to have been a success.
Aronofsky, who made Requiem for a Dream has taken a risk with the movie, setting it in the 26th century and featuring a "bubble craft" vehicle which floats through the air.
Although early showings of the movie itself have received mixed receptions at the Venice Film Festival, working together appears not to have taken its toll on the couple.
"I'd be honoured if she'd work with me again," joked Aronofsky. "Who knows? I've got to call her agent and see if we can get a deal."
He even coped with watching sex scenes between Weisz and Jackman for the sake of art, he said. "I'm a pervert, so I had no issue with it," he explained. "I enjoy shooting sex scenes very much. She's an actress, he's an actor. When you call cut, it's over." Weisz added: "Actually, Darren was shouting to me, 'Take his trousers off!"'
Director Peter Bogdanovich's career famously took a nose-dive when he started casting his then partner Cybill Shepherd, while Guy Ritchie has been criticised for putting Madonna in disastrous films such as Swept Away.
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