Chemistry is always a good thing. And in the world of Hollywood, that means ratings, viewers, and money. Actors and actresses will take on any role if the contract and pay is right for them.
Even if that means playing the sibling of your lover off-screen. It may be weird to some but these men and women are professionals, able to set aside any personal feelings once cameras start rolling.
Here some of the more memorable couples who dated in real life, all while playing siblings on a show starting with Selena Gomez and David Henrie. They reportedly got together after Gomez split from Justin Bieber.
1. Nikki Reed and Robert Pattinson
The Cullen kids from the
Twilight series were all adopted, so Edward and Rosalie were basically brother and sister with the same appetite for blood. But Reed and Pattinson apparently had a brief fling. Did Bella know?
2. Susan Dey and David Cassidy
Susan Dey and David Cassidy played siblings, Laurie and Keith Partridge, on ABC’s
The Partridge Family. It was Cassidy who revealed his attraction in his autobiography,
C’Mon Get Happy, saying that, “Susan lacked the slutty aspect of a female that I always found so attractive.”
Rumor has it that they dated. Shirley Jones, in her memoir, shared that Dey “had a great big crush on David, and he didn’t reciprocate her feelings.”
3. Dean-Charles Chapman and Nell Tiger Free
Dean-Charles Chapman and Nell Tiger Free played Tommen and Myrcella Lannister on HBO’s
Game of Thrones. They dated back in 2015, which had everyone amused since the Lannisters are known for their incestuous ways.
4. Amy Poehler and Will Arnett
Amy Poehler and Will Arnett played brother and sister figure skating champions in Dreamworks’ film Blades of Glory. They were married during the time but have since divorced.
5. Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Robert Iler
Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Robert Iler are siblings Meadow and A.J. on the HBO show The Sopranos. It was during the show’s final season in 2007 when they were spotted getting close.
The two denied any romance and in an interview with Today, Iler just shook his head when asked while Sigler just said, “That’s why we can be best friends.”
6. Emily VanCamp and Dave Annable
The producers at ABC’s
Brothers & Sisters knew they could use that off-screen chemistry between VanCamp and Annable. Producers wrote the story in a way so that Justin (Dave Annable) was no longer related to sibling Rebecca (Emily VanCamp). That meant the actors could hook up on the show.
7. Ian Somerhalder and Maggie Grace
Boone (Ian Somerhalder) and Shannon (Maggie Grace) were step-siblings who had a unique relationship on ABC’s show,
Lost. It was
Us Weekly, who reported the sparks between the actors as both dated briefly in 2006.
8. Shannon Doherty and Jason Priestley
Brenda and Brandon Walsh were twins on
Beverly Hills, 90210. Brandon, played by Jason
Priestley, admitted on a Howard Stern interview that he and Shannen Doherty (Brenda) did date during the first season.
9. Katherine Heigl and Jason Behr
Katherine Heigl and Jason Behr were
orphaned brother and sister aliens in disguise. They posed as New Mexico high school students on WB’s
Roswell. Apparently, they really had chemistry that was out of this world as they dated off-screen during filming.
10. Shane West and Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood was Shane West’s little sister on ABC’s show,
Once and Again. The show ended in 2002, but the two began dating in
2009, way after the show’s end in 2002. They were first seen when then 21-year-old Wood came out with West to celebrate his 31st birthday.
11. Maureen McCormick and Barry Williams
Well these two weren’t really biologically related on
The Brady Bunch, but Marcia Brady (
Maureen McCormick) and Greg Brady (
Barry Williams) shared a romance in real life.
In Maureen McCormick’s memoir, Here’s the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, she said, “We couldn’t hold back any longer. It was our first kiss, and it was long, passionate and deep… though as we continued to kiss and press against each other so closely… a part of me – a tiny part, admittedly – said to myself, `Oh my God! I’m kissing my brother. What am I doing?'”
12. Chris Pratt and Emily VanCamp
It was
E! Online who reported that actors
Chris Pratt and Emily VanCamp were dating while they played brother and sister roles on the WB’s Everwood. Pratt and VanCamp broke up in 2007 though.
13. Lauren Graham and Peter Krause
Lauren Graham and Peter Krause were co-stars on NBC’s
Parenthood. They dated for close to 5 years when Ellen Degeneres brought up marriage during her show in 2014.
“I don’t know. We are very happy as we are and I never have a good question for this answer,” Graham responded.
Krause played lead Adam Braverman while Lauren Graham portrayed his sister, Sarah. They split in June this year.
14. Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey
Paramount Pictures’
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off saw Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey play brother and sister roles. Grey’s character, Jeanie Bueller, just wanted to catch her brother’s schemes.
Broderick and Grey were engaged for a while, but their involvement in a fatal car accident while on vacation in Ireland somehow brought their relationship to an end.
15. Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter
Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter played brother and sister on the show,
Dexter. The couple married in 2008 but then divorced in 2011 during filming for the show.
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Chemistry is always a good thing. And in the world of Hollywood, that means ratings, viewers, and money. Actors and actresses will take on any role if the contract and pay is right for them.
Even if that means playing the sibling of your lover off-screen. It may be weird to some but these men and women are professionals, able to set aside any personal feelings once cameras start rolling.
Here some of the more memorable couples who dated in real life, all while playing siblings on a show starting with Selena Gomez and David Henrie. They reportedly got together after Gomez split from Justin Bieber.