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It doesn’t seem like Warren Beatty misseshis old bachelor days. The legendary film star, who was quite the ladies' man beforesettling down with wife Annette Bening, opened up about his marriage during hisdebut appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
“It feels recent,” the 79-year-old said of hismarriage. “It is the best thing that has ever occurred with me.”
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The Oscar winner and Annette tied the knot in 1992after “43 years” of dating, the director joked. “I was not afraid of marriage. I was afraid of divorce,” hesaid. “I was right.”
Warren and his wife met on the set of their 1991drama, Bugsy. The actor revealed that he and Annette were “professional” while shooting their movie,though after filming wrapped their decision to turntheir relationship romantic was an “immediate” one.
Fast-forward 24 years later and the Hollywood stars areparents to four children — Stephen, 24, Benjamin, 22, Isabel, 19, and Ella,16. With a growing family, Warren took a break fromthe silver screen, after appearing in the 2001 movie Town & Country. “Something happened called ‘living,’”the dad-of-four told Variety of his absence. “That’s what happened.”
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Now the actor is back and returningto the screen in his upcoming film RulesDon’t Apply, which he directed, produced and starred in. Annette admitted to Variety that sheis grateful her children could witness their father’s work now thatthey are older. “They got to see his work ethic, his attention to detail, histireless efforts in every way,” the actress said. “I wanted them to see that.Because he is one of the great ones, and I wanted them to see what that lookslike, up close.”
Rules Don’t Apply opens in theaters November 23.