Random Acts of Romance, destined by Katrin Bowen

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Published Thursday, Oct. 04 2012, 5:49 PM EDT

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Celebrity Divorce: 5 Celebrity Couples Who Met On Set, Then Later Split

In Hollywood, it’s not odd for a romances between characters to rise into real-life relationships. Sometimes a scripted chemistry looks so authentic because, well, it is.

But what happens after a final credits roll? Click by a slides next to see 5 luminary couples whose relations exhilarated adult on set though after fizzled, proof that work might not be a best place to start a attribute that stands a exam of time.

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• David Arquette and Courteney Cox

  Courteney Cox and David Arquette a href=”http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/12/entertainment/la-et-mg-david-arquette-divorce-courteney-cox”met while filming a initial “Scream” movie/a behind in 1996. Cox played a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/”reporter Gale Weathers/a whose on-screen adore seductiveness was a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/”Deputy Sheriff Dewey Riley/a, played by Arquette.

  The disloyal integrate — who a href=”http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-style/pictures/see-stars-personal-wedding-pics-2009288/2682″married in San Francisco/a in 1999 — a href=”http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20433530,00.html”announced their separation/a in Oct 2010 and a href=”http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/courteney-cox-files-divorce-papers-same-day-as-david-arquette-2012136″filed for divorce/a in Jun 2012. Cox and Arquette have a href=”http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/courteney-cox-files-divorce-papers-same-day-as-david-arquette-2012136″one daughter together/a.

• Katy Perry and Russell Brand

  Katy Perry and Russell Brand a href=”http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647232/katy-perry-russell-brands-love-story-began-at-vmas.jhtml”met on a set of “Get Him To The Greek”/a when executive Nick Stoller shot some luminary cameos for a film during a 2008 MTV VMAs. The ex-pair even a href=”http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1640830/katy-perry-explains-why-was-cut-from-get-him-greek.jhtml”filmed an on-screen kiss/a, though Perry’s cameo a href=”http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1640830/katy-perry-explains-why-was-cut-from-get-him-greek.jhtml”did not seem /ain a final cut of a movie.

  In Dec 2011 — 14 months after their a href=”http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20436591,00.html”intimate matrimony ceremony/a in India — Brand a href=”http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/30/katy-perry-divorce-russell-brand/”filed for divorce/a from a cocktail star. Their a href=”http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/16/katy-perry-russell-brand-divorced-single/”divorce was done official/a in Jul 2012.

• Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli

  Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli a href=”http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/03/peter-facinelli-files-for-divorce-jennie-garth-says-she-was-resistant-to-the-split/”met on a set of /athe 1996 a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118039/plotsummary”TV film “An Unfinished Affair,”/a in that Garth plays a college tyro who is carrying an event with her professor. Once a highbrow goes behind to his wife, Garth’s impression tries to get behind during him by seducing his son, played by Facinelli.

  The now-estranged integrate a href=”http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20578138,00.html”announced their split/a in Mar 2012 after 11 years of marriage. Later that month, Facinelli a href=”http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/28/peter-facinelli-divorce-jennie-garth/”filed for divorce/a. They have 3 daughters together.

• Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter

  Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter a href=”http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20190572,00.html”met on a set/a of a Showtime thriller “Dexter,” that premiered in 2006. Hall plays a suggested impression and Carpenter plays his adopted sister Deb. In a sixth season, Deb starts to worry that she is a href=”http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dexter-finale-scott-buck-deb-finds-out-275303″in adore with Dexter./a

  The now ex-couple a href=”http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/stars-who-eloped-2009318/2747″eloped on New Year’s Eve/a in 2008. They a href=”http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20551518,00.html”separated in Aug 2010/a and their a href=”http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20551518,00.html”divorce was finalized/a in Dec 2011.

• Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe

  Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe initial met during her a href=”http://www.people.com/people/reese_witherspoon/biography/0,,,00.html”21st birthday party/a in 1997. Their intrigue exhilarated adult on a set of a campy teen play “Cruel Intentions,” in that a now ex-couple played on-screen lovers. Phillippe a href=”http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,619909,00.html”proposed in Feb 1998/a, a year before a film was expelled in 1999.

  The singer a href=”http://www.tmz.com/2006/11/08/reese-files-divorce-petition/”filed for divorce/a from Phillippe — her father of 7 years — in Nov 2006. The ex-couple has dual children together. Witherspoon a href=”http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/09/27/reese-witherspoon-jim-toth-welcome-son-tennessee-james/”welcomed son Tennessee/a with her second husband, talent representative Jim Toth, in Sep 2012.

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