Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly met several years before they ever entered a relationship. The two were both cast in 2001's "A Beautiful Mind," for which Jennifer Connelly won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2002, but they were each in relationships with other people at the time and, as Connelly explained to the Evening Standard, knew better than to get involved in anything on set. She said, "We've both had enough on-set relationships to know that they don't work and you need to walk away from them."
Instead, the two did things the old-fashioned way: They talked. They had conversations on the phone, and they each later told Entertainment Tonight that they were drawn to each other the first day they met. Connelly explained, "I thought, 'Hmm, he's really good, that guy." Bettany, however, was much more direct, noting that he thought, "I've never been this close to someone that beautiful before."
Fate soon stepped in, and the pair reconnected at the 2002 BAFTA Awards and quickly began a relationship.
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