Rachel Weisz has been leading the headlines and hogging the search bar as reports suggested she could reprise her role as ‘Evelyn Carnahan’ alongside Brendan Fraser i.e. ‘Rick O’Connell’ the mummy franchise. For the unversed, it appeared in two installments, the mummy (1999) and The mummy returns (2001), while María Bello played her role in the third installment, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which was released in 2008.
Who is Rachel Weisz’s husband?
As reports suggested that Rachel might return to the horror-adventure series again, people are going crazy, fueled by nostalgia. While it has not yet been officially confirmed whether Rachel Weisz will actually return in The Mummy 4, Let’s take a look at their married life. For the unversed, she has been married for over a decade to James Bond actorDaniel Craig. It wasn’t “love at first sight” but “love on second meeting” for the couple, and it only took the duo half a year to take the plunge. So, without further ado, let’s dive in!
Rachel Weisz met Daniel Craig in the ’90s, and he was already married by then.
Raquel Weisz He first met Daniel Craig in the ’90s, when they were chosen for The Great Horizontals at the National Theater Studio in London. It was 1994 and the duo was on the rise. Furthermore, by then Daniel was already married to his ex-wife, Fiona Loudon. During that time, the couple remained exclusively professional and did not know that their second meeting would unite them forever in the marriage knot. Daniel shares a daughter with his ex-wife, while Rachel also became a mother to her son, Henry, whom she shares with her ex-fiancé, director Darren Aronofsky.
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig’s love story began on the set of dream house
Daniel and Fiona separated in 1994, and it was in 2010 that Rachel ended her relationship with Darren Aronofsky. After this, she was cast alongside Daniel Craig in dream house. They acted like a married couple back then and eventually something came up and the duo fell in love. Soon, Daniel and Rachel began dating. The couple kept their romance a secret, and several reports made headlines at the time that the duo were spending a holiday together in the snowy countryside of Dorset, south-west England. Talking about your love story, dream houseEhren Kruger’s producer shared that there was a marital method of acting, and only from there did things begin between the duo. Ehren told MTV News:
“There’s a method of acting and I guess there’s a method of marital acting. They were playing the roles like professionals, and it all started from there.”
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig got married after six months of dating
Rachel Weisz told The Evening Standard that getting married was never her ambition and she never thought she would get married. Well, he mentioned that it happened just after meeting Daniel Craig, in a moment of maturity and happily. The couple married in 2011, secretly. PEOPLE reported that the duo tied the knot in New York City. It was later revealed that Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig got married in the presence of four people, including two of their close friends and their children from previous relationships. The actor told British GQ that they got away with it and he had a lot of people to thank for it. While the couple kept their relationship private, it was in July 2011 when they made their first public appearance as a married couple by attending the Cinema Society & Dior Beauty screening of The complainant.
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig are the happiest with each other
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig are very much in love. The couple decided to keep their married life a secret and speaking about the same with More, Rachel said that her husband is really famous and it would be a form of betrayal if he revealed details about his personal life in public. He further added that being young, it is exciting to share details about one’s love life among friends, but the best part about being married is that one can keep that life private and protected. She said:
“He’s too famous. It would be a betrayal. You have to protect your marriage… When you’re young, you tell your friends everything. One of the great joys of not being a teenager is that you don’t have to share everything. When you’re married, that door closes. The public leaves and you’re in your own life.”
On the other hand, Daniel feels that his wife is the best thing that has happened to him. Speaking to British GQ, the actor said that he is very much in love and happy, and would like to keep the details close to his chest as being happy is the top priority for him. He also shared that people have told him that being happy in marriage lasts six months and he has chosen not to answer that. Daniel could be quoted as saying:
“I’m in love. I’m very happy. And that’s as far as I’m willing to go. I don’t want to say something now that might get rejected later… My happiness is more important to me. In the end, people say, ‘Give it six months.’ Well, guess what? I’m not answering. Life is long and I hope to be in this for a long time.”
The paternity of Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig
It was in 2018 when Rachel Weisz confirmed that she and Daniel were expecting their first child together. The couple welcomed their baby girl that same year, whom they adorably named Grace. Talking about his daughter, Rachel, in The late show with Stephen Colbert said that the little girl looks exactly like her dad, Daniel. When asked if Grace had her father’s dreamy blue eyes, Rachel confirmed the same with a “yes.” The couple also often take on “alternative” acting jobs, and that’s because they are close to their daughter. On the other hand, Daniel is an incredible father who now thinks about his daughter first before starting to act, since he does not want to stay away from home like before, as he said.
Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig’s relationship can be considered a “call of fate”: they were co-stars when they met and neither knew they would share their lives together. Within a few years, things changed and the couple found their soulmate in each other!
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