14 Celebrity Pairs Who Played Couples On Screen but Were Like Cat and Dog in Real Life

The ability to leave interpersonal relationships, whatever they may be, out of the picture is one of the indicators of actors’ professionalism. That is why we may not realize that some actors who play couples in love, can’t stand each other in real life. Sometimes, though, viewers notice that the on-screen duo somehow lacks chemistry, and, in many cases, the reason is due to personal animosity or incompatibility of the stars’ characters.

Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley — The Vampire Diaries

Nowadays the stars maintain a warm relationship, see each other often and even go on vacation together, but it wasn’t always like this. According to Nina Dobrev, during the first 5 months of filming the series, she and Paul couldn’t stand each other. “I respected Paul Wesley, I didn’t like Paul Wesley,” the actress recalls.

Dobrev also added: “It’s so funny how time changes everything because I never thought that he would be one of my best friends.”

Lauren Graham and Scott Patterson — Gilmore Girls

Although the actors, who played the model couple, Lorelai and Luke, always tried to avoid the subject of differences between them, it is said that in real life they didn’t get along. When Graham was asked in an interview if she and Patterson were friends off the set, she answered firmly and emphatically, “No...” before adding that they were “not intimates.”

Pierce Brosnan and Teri Hatcher — Tomorrow Never Dies

While working on another Bond movie, Brosnan constantly complained about the tardiness of his partner on set. “She was always keeping me waiting for hours. I must admit I let slip a few words which weren’t very nice,” the actor said. It later turned out that Hatcher suffered from morning sickness due to toxicosis, being pregnant with her daughter, Emerson, so she was often late for work, but this fact hardly smoothed the memories of working together for the stars.

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher — That ’70s Show

Although the actors are currently happily married, their relationship hasn’t always been so rosy. Kunis and Kutcher met on the set of That ’70s Show and, despite the fact that they had to portray lovers, they couldn’t stand each other in real life. Interestingly, the first kiss of the future spouses also happened on the set.

Harrison Ford and Sean Young — Blade Runner

In this fantasy film by Ridley Scott, the actors played lovers, but the atmosphere on set was far from romantic. It is said that Ford and Young couldn’t stand each other. The crew even called their love scene “a hate scene.”

Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier — The Princess and the Showgirl

Olivier always spoke of his contempt for the actress, even years after the release of their joint work. Their feud was even the basis of the biographical film My Week with Marilyn. According to another star of The Princess and the Showgirl, Jean Kent, it was so difficult to work with Monroe that Olivier aged 15 years during filming. She was constantly late, acted erratically, and her behavior made the director very nervous.

Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush — One Tree Hill

The actors, who played a couple in the series, met on the set in season 1. They started dating and then got married in 2005. But their marriage only lasted 5 months, and they still had to act like they were in love on screen until 2009. Needless to say, working together for Bush and Murray was a real trial, and the relationship between them was very tense.

Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren — A Countess from Hong Kong

Brando is known for his difficult character, with which Sophia Loren had a personal experience on Charlie Chaplin’s set. According to the Italian star, the actor behaved inappropriately behind the scenes.

“All of a sudden he put his hands on me. I turned in all tranquility and blew in his face, like a cat stroked the wrong way and said, ’Don’t you ever dare to do that again. Never again!,’” shared Loren.

Shannen Doherty and Jason Lee — Mallrats

Many of Doherty’s colleagues have spoken out about her wilful character, including Jason Lee, with whom she worked on the Kevin Smith comedy. He wasn’t left with the most pleasant memories of the actress and working together turned out to be a real test for the stars.

Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl — Knocked Up

According to Rogen, he had a lot of fun working on the romantic comedy and, at first, he was ready to work with Heigl in more than one movie. However, the actress wasn’t very impressed with the process of collaboration or with the finished result, which was a big shock for Rogen.

“I was never that mad, honestly. I assumed she didn’t want to work with us anymore honestly because she seemed to not like the result of the work we did together,” shared the actor.

Anthony Hopkins and Shirley MacLaine — A Change of Seasons

MacLaine’s character discovers that her husband is cheating on her and decides to cheat on him too. The actors played a couple experiencing relationship problems and the filming process was also far from smooth. Hopkins even called MacLaine “the most obnoxious actor” he’d ever worked with. The actress, in turn, admitted that she also didn’t like her partner in A Change Of Seasons.

Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson — Vacancy

Beckinsale’s memories of filming the thriller, where the actors play a married couple, were not the most pleasant. The actress made no secret of her dislike for her film partner and claimed that Wilson was rude to her, behaved unprofessionally and repeatedly turned up to the set looking inappropriately.

Patti LuPone and Bill Smitrovich — Life Goes On

The stars, who played the heads of the Thatcher family, didn’t get on in real life. In her autobiography, LuPone compared herself and Smitrovich to water and butter, referring to their incompatibility. She also noted that his behavior was rude.

“We played love scenes, we played parenting scenes, we kissed, we hugged, and when the director yelled, ‘Cut,’ we never even looked at each other. That’s acting,” wrote the actress.

Charlie Sheen and Selma Blair — Anger Management

The relationship between the stars, who played friends with benefits, wasn’t great, to say the least. Blair questioned Sheen’s professional ethics, and according to one version of the account, the actor was so angry that he gave the producers an ultimatum: he will not work if she appears on the set.

It seems that the creators of Anger Management had no choice but to fire Selma Blair because the main star of the series was, and still is, Sheen.

Did personal animosity between the actors affect the on-screen chemistry of their characters?