It’s often hard for ordinary people to imagine dating an actor.
The idea of your partner kissing other people regularly is alien to most, except perhaps for the most open-minded individuals.
And that’s not even addressing the emotional challenge of watching them in scenes where they declare profound love for other characters.
For Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, two prominent figures in the movie industry, this must be an even more frequent occurrence throughout their relationship.
With Reynolds in films like Deadpool featuring extended love sequences, and Lively starring in romantic dramas such as The Age of Adaline, both have shared numerous on-screen kisses with others.
Blake Lively has previously expressed her feelings about watching her husband’s explicit scenes in Deadpool, and it’s clear she’s not entirely comfortable with it.
She told Jimmy Fallon: “I was on a plane with my baby.
“It’s kind of torture these days, because I’m on a plane and everywhere I look there’s my husband in a sex montage throughout the holidays with another woman – because everyone wants to watch Deadpool on a plane.
“So, for 14 hours having your husband have mashed potatoes eaten out of his butthole – because that’s in the film. It’s lonely, it’s a cruel and unusual form of torture.”
On the other hand, Reynolds seems less troubled by Lively’s on-screen romances.
He told Elle magazine in 2017: “I don’t mind that as much.
“I don’t mean that in a creepy way. What people don’t realize is, there are 50 or 60 tired, hungry, overworked crew members standing directly behind them.”
He also anticipated potential discomfort from his own scenes in Deadpool.
Reynolds explained to Elle: “The Deadpool one, I remember shooting it and thinking, ‘This is going to be tough playing in the headrest of every seat on a plane’.”
The couple has been married since 2012 and started dating in 2011.
They met during the filming of Green Lantern, although they were both in other relationships at that time.
Clearly, being in a relationship with another actor wasn’t a dealbreaker for either, as Reynolds was married to Scarlett Johansson and Lively was dating her Gossip Girl co-star Penn Badgley.