Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci sparked dating rumors lengthy earlier than they confirmed their relationship — now, the director and the actress have made a film collectively, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which was launched within the U.S. on Sept. 6.
“What I can say … I’m glad I met the person, to start with,” Bellucci advised Elle France in June 2023, simply after information broke that Burton had solid her within the highly anticipated sequel to the iconic 1988 film Beetlejuice. “It is a type of encounters that hardly ever occurs in life … I do know the person, I really like him and now I will meet the director — one other journey begins.”
Burton rose to fame directing motion pictures together with 1985’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, 1989’s Batman and 1990’s Edward Scissorhands. Beetlejuice was solely his second characteristic movie. Italian star Bellucci had a profession as a mannequin earlier than showing in motion pictures corresponding to Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) and the Matrix sequels (in 2003 and 2021).
Although Burton and Bellucci met a few years earlier than, they didn’t formally change into a pair till 2023, making their first public look on the crimson carpet of that yr’s Rome Movie Pageant. Up till they began working collectively on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the couple saved their work fully separate from their relationship. “I am with Tim. Not with Tim Burton,” Bellucci advised Paris Match in June 2024.
Learn on to study all about Burton and Bellucci’s relationship.
They first met in 2006
Burton and Bellucci first met on the crimson carpet on the 2006 Cannes Film Festival in France — however it was a short assembly, when each have been in long-term relationships with different individuals.
The 2 reconnected in October 2022 on the Lumière Movie Pageant in Lyon, France, the place Bellucci introduced Burton with the pageant’s lifetime achievement Lumière Award. “All my life put collectively, I’ve by no means felt a lot love as tonight,” Burton stated on the occasion, per The Times. “Welcome to the very best funeral I ever had.”
Not lengthy after, the pair sparked courting rumors after they appeared arm-in-arm in Madrid. It wasn’t till October 2023 after they made a public look collectively on a crimson carpet on the Rome Movie Pageant in Italy. Burton was there to support Bellucci at the premiere of her movie Maria Callas: Lettere e Memorie. Protection of the occasion in Rome described Burton as “so in love and blissful,” in line with The Unbiased.
They each have well-known exes
Burton was in a long-term relationship with Harry Potter star Helena Bonham Carter from 2000 to 2014. The former couple welcomed son Billy in 2003, and daughter Nell in 2007. The 2 made headlines for his or her uncommon dwelling association, holding separate homes subsequent door to one another, which have been related by a hallway.
“We simply have two homes knocked collectively as a result of mine was too small,” Bonham Carter advised The Telegraph in 2010. “We see as a lot of one another as any couple, however our relationship is enhanced by understanding we’ve got our private house to retreat to.” Although they have been by no means married, when the relationship ended, Bonham Carter described it as “a divorce.”
“I went via a really painful divorce,” she stated in 2022 on the podcast Remedy Works. “It was a long-lasting factor. That is the opposite factor, it is not that finite. It by no means ends. Even in the event you divorce any individual, it is a form of marriage in case you have youngsters with them. The connection has to vary. It is a very difficult factor easy methods to share the youngsters.”
Bellucci married French actor Vincent Cassel (from Oceans 12 and Oceans 13) in 1999. The couple welcomed daughter Deva Cassel in 2004, and daughter Léonie Cassel in 2010. Deva advised Gen V in 2023 that her dad and mom “taught me to at all times look ahead, at all times shield myself, at all times be type and at all times preserve marvel in thoughts … There’s far more, however the level is that they’ve taught me easy methods to deal with sudden conditions and stay by my very own guidelines, whereas at all times respecting individuals and the surroundings I’m in.”
Bellucci and Vincent split in 2013.
Bellucci identifies with the themes in Burton’s motion pictures
Talking publicly about their relationship for the primary time to Elle France, Bellucci revealed that she connects to the themes in Burton’s work. “I really like this dream world the place the monsters are type, like we will flip our darker elements into one thing shiny, forgiving,” she stated. “Tim Burton’s movies speak about that so much.”
They labored collectively on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
In Might 2023, The Hollywood Reporter introduced that Bellucci had been cast within the long-awaited Beetlejuice sequel. She performs the spouse of the “ghost with probably the most.” The film filmed primarily in London.
“I really like Tim,” Bellucci advised Elle France in June 2023. “And I’ve nice respect for Tim Burton.”
“On this final one, Beetlejuice 2, I actually loved it,” Burton advised The Unbiased in 2023. “I attempted to strip every part and return to the fundamentals of working with good individuals and actors and puppets. It was form of like going back to why I liked making movies.”
The film debuted on the Venice Movie Pageant on Aug. 28, 2024.
They appeared collectively for a giant honor for Bellucci
In July 2024, the couple attended the Globo d’Oro Awards in Rome, the place Bellucci was introduced with a lifetime achievement award. The looks was noteworthy not simply due to the award, however as a result of the 2 don’t typically make public appearances collectively. On the crimson carpet, Burton was affectionate, kissing Bellucci’s cheek.
Bellucci thinks Burton has a “spectacular soul”
In a 2023 interview with Harper’s Bazaar Espana, the actress spoke overtly about her emotions for the director. “I discovered in Tim an exquisite spirit,” she said. “I met a spectacular soul.”