Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow split over twenty years ago, but the former pair still have a love for each other. "I remember seeing Thelma & Louise in the movie theatre," Paltrow said, and immediately thinking Pitt was "the most handsome man." Years later, that crush became a reality when Paltrow and Pitt starred as a married couple in David Fincher's 1995 psychological thriller Se7en. The two started dating in 1994 and soon became one of Hollywood's most watched couples. "I was cast in the movie with Brad, and I met him on set," Paltrow said. "We had kind of a love at first sight thing. It was pretty awesome. It was really fun," she recalled. Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow started dating in 1994 Paltrow and Pitt had a nine-year age difference, with Pitt 31 and Paltrow 22 when the couple got together. Paltrow said the age difference didn't bother her at the time. "No, because he was so beautiful," she looked back. The couple dated for some years and got engaged in 1996. In the end, though, they called off the engagement and broke up without ever getting married in 1997. Paltrow says their busy careers and frequent travel impacted their relationship and ensured it didn't end in marriage. "We were working all over the different parts of the world," she said. "I think there was an aspect of it that was very heady. I was very young, and he was this beautiful movie star," she shared. The romance also came at a pivotal point in Paltrow's career. In attempting to build a career as an actor in her own right, the focus on her relationship with Pitt often eclipsed her identity as a professional actor. "I had movies coming out, so I was sort of getting famous on my own, and I was famous as his girlfriend," she said of the media attention, calling it "overwhelming" and "a big thing". Almost three decades later, Paltrow still knows why the relationship has continued to draw attention. In a 2025 interview with Vanity Fair, she called Pitt "a great guy," and said their past romance will probably continue to be a topic of public discussion. "He's an interesting character," she said. "Like dating, I don't know, Prince William or whatever. And that's always going to be there." After moving on from her very public romance with Pitt, Paltrow got married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin in 2003, and they have two children, Apple and Moses. She is currently married to television producer Brad Falchuk. "He's not bothered by it at all, because he knows where my heart is," the actor said of Falchuk. "No, Brad Falchuk knows he's the total love of my life," she added, calling her husband her best friend. A cinema enthusiast with over 12 years of experience, I bring a deep love for storytelling in all its forms—whether it’s timeless black-and-white clas... View More