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Aaron Taylor-Johnson has reportedly been formally offered the opportunity to play James Bond - taking over from Daniel Craig for the next films.
And the actor's real Bond Girl is his wife Sam, 57, who is 24 years his senior and a British film director and artist - with the pair having a fiercely private relationship.
Actor Aaron, 33, met the filmmaker, 58, on the set of Nowhere Boy in 2009 and they share daughters Wylda Rae, 13, and Romy Hero 11, as well as Angelica, 26, and Jessie, 16, from Sam's previous marriage to art dealer Jay Jopling.
When they first met on the film Aaron was just 18 and Sam was 42. They didn't get together until after they finished the project where a 'deep connection' was formed.
Sam has enjoyed a hugely successful filmmaking career with films such as Fifty Shades of Grey and has also directed the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson has reportedly been formally offered the opportunity to play James Bond. And the actor's real Bond Girl is his wife Sam, 57, who is 24 years his senior (seen in 2024)
Actor Aaron, 33, met the filmmaker, 58, on the set of Nowhere Boy in 2009 and they share daughters Wylda Rae, 13, and Romy Hero 11
When they first met on the film Aaron was just 18 and Sam was 42. They didn't get together until after they finished the project where a 'deep connection' was formed
But she has also faced a fair amount of personal turmoil - having battled cancer twice.
In December 1997, at age 30, she was treated for colon cancer. Then in 2000, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
She practices yoga and meditation, of which she has previously said: 'I wouldn't be able to survive everything without the meditation that I do. It's what I think has made me able to cope with the madness.'
Sam was born in Croydon and grew up near Streatham Common in south London, with her younger sister Ashley and her mother Geraldine and father David.
Her father left the family when she was nine which she has previously described as a 'sudden, very weird and abrupt' split. She didn't see her dad for the next 10 years.
Sam went to Beacon Community College in East Sussex and later attended Goldsmiths, University of London.
She then began exhibiting fine-art photography in the early 1990s and began working on her filmmaking with short videos during this time.
She was nominated for the Turner prize in 1998, and was the winner of Most Promising Artist award at the 1997 Venice Biennale.
Sam has enjoyed a hugely successful filmmaking career with films such as Fifty Shades of Grey and has also directed the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black
Sam is pictured pregnant with her third child with Aaron and her daughters Angelica and Jessie back in 2011
The couple are seen in 2015 with their daughter Wylda Rae, 13
She then moved further into filmmaking and in August 2008, was chosen to direct Nowhere Boy, a biopic about the childhood of John Lennon. She was subsequently nominated for a BAFTA for the film.
Last year Aaron gave a rare insight into their marriage and touched on their 'creative partnership'.
Speaking to Esquire the Kick-Ass star said despite collaborating with Sam on three films he 'doesn't think it's accurate' to suggest the couple's relationship is rooted in their creative partnership.
Saying: 'Yeah, we worked—I met Sam as actor and director. I think we're really great at collaborating. But that's not why I fell in love with her'.
Elsewhere in the conversation he discussed the couple's home life and his shock that his children were already teenagers.
The family moved back to the UK from Los Angeles in 2022 and have since settled in Somerset where Aaron said he has pigs and bees and 'loves' life in the country.
The Bullet Train star also spoke about his upcoming acting gigs after originally opting to work less stay to home with his children when they were younger.
Saying: 'I wanted, purely, to be with my babies, I didn't want to be taken away from them. I battled with what that would be like.'
He later admitted to the interviewer: 'I've probably talked to you more about my kids and Sam than I have with anybody. I've got really nothing to hide, and I'm secure in what we have. But I'm not going to unlock things that are actually precious to me.'
Aaron has also previously touched on their age gap which has come under scrutiny in the past.
He said: 'I've got really nothing to hide, and I'm secure in what we have. But I'm not going to unlock things that are actually precious to me.
'I don't really analyze our relationship. I just know that it works. I just feel secure and loved and safe. We have this very deep connection. We're just in sync.'
Before Aaron Sam was married to
