Emma Thompson and this year's Strictly contestant Greg Wise have been together for 26 years - but he went out with her co-star Kate Winslet first
December 21, 2021 - 17:29 GMT Emmy Griffiths Actor Greg Wise, who made quite the impact alongside Karen Hauer on this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing debut has been loyally by the side of much-loved British actress Emma Thompson for more than 25 years.The couple initially met in 1995 while filming big-budget period drama Sense and Sensibility, alongside Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman and wed eight years later in 2003.
Speaking on The Graham Norton Show last year, Emma revealed that when the pair first met on the set of the Jane Austen period drama, Greg actually pursued Titanic star Kate as he believed that they were meant to be together. She continued: "He took her to Glastonbury, and she was so bored, and he thought, 'This isn't going to work, who can it be?'" before adding: "Then things happened that probably shouldn't have happened, and it's been 25 years in May.
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