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Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

Actors are always insisting that love scenes are anything but romantic to make, what with crew guys standing around scratching themselves, lighting delays and such -- but history and the tabloids have proven that on-set intimacy can lead to very real romance. Moviefone counts down the 25 hottest on-set hookups ever. -- By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith with Stephanie DuBois and Emily Feimster

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

25. Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton

'Pushing Tin' (1999)

While Laura Dern was standing by her man, Billy Bob, he was lying by his co-star, Angelina. Wild about each other, the couple ran off for a surprise marriage, breaking the unsuspecting Dern's heart. They expressed their eccentric love by wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. Not shockingly, they split in 2003.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

24. Matt Damon and Minnie Driver

'Good Will Hunting' (1997)

They played lovers in one of the most refreshing movies in modern times, but their sweet on-set romance (they reportedly held hands between takes) ended sourly. It was said that Driver learned of their breakup when Damon announced it on 'Oprah'; he maintains that they split three weeks before. Apparently, Driver didn't like them apples.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

23. Clark Gable and Loretta Young

'The Call of the Wild' (1935)

Indeed. He was married and she a devout Catholic, but their passion got the better of them on the set. Young went on a long trip to Europe, months passed and she announced she was "adopting" a daughter, Judy -- who grew up to look just like mom and Clark Gable. Judy Lewis detailed all in her book, 'Uncommon Knowledge.'

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

22. Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson

'You, Me, and Dupree' (2006)

Just days after Hudson split with rocker hubby Chris Robinson, reports surfaced of her getting cozy with Wilson. The pair claimed things were platonic during filming, but a romance blossomed while doing press. They broke up, got back together, broke up again. Now, in the wake of Wilson's suicide attempt, they've rekindled a "friendship."

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

21. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell

'Swing Shift' (1984)

Proving opposites do attract (she supported Al Gore, he George W. Bush; she's a Buddhist, he a member of the NRA), Hawn and Russell have been inseparable since hooking up on 'Swing Shift.' They never married, but have a son, Wyatt, together. And Kurt's like a dad to her first two kids, Oliver and Kate Hudson.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

20. Warren Beatty and Madonna

'Dick Tracy' (1990)

When Beatty, an actor notorious for mixing on-set business with pleasure, cast the 21-years-younger pop star as comic-book bad girl Breathless Mahoney, was he casting her for himself as well? Regardless, neither the movie nor the mismatched romance fared well, and Beatty came off as a bore in her 'Truth or Dare' doc a year later.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

19. Robert Rodriguez and Rose McGowan

'Grindhouse' (2007)

Fans were shocked when Rodriguez split with his wife, Elizabeth Avellan, after 16 years and five children. Though tabloids rushed to credit an affair with McGowan for the split, Rodriguez released a statement saying they had separated before 'Grindhouse' production -- and his trailer-shaking trysts with McGowan -- began.

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18. Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini

'Stromboli' (1950)

While filming in Italy, the then-married Bergman fell for her director and became pregnant. When Congress declared her an "influence for evil," she decided to remain in Italy, leaving her soon-to-be-ex-husband and daughter in the U.S. Wed in 1950 and divorced in '57, the Rossellinis had three children together, including famed actress Isabella.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

17. Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams

'Brokeback Mountain' (2005)

Co-star Jake Gyllenhaal told Oprah he remembered being at rehearsal where the two of them would be "googly-eyed looking at each other." Baby Matilda and a pair of Oscars nods soon followed. But what began as a fairy tale ended as a tragedy: The couple split late in '07, and Ledger died of an accidental prescription drug overdose in January.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

16. Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn

'The Break-Up' (2006)

Brad broke her heart; Vince was there to make her laugh. While they seemed an unlikely pair, Chicago native Vaughn helped ease Aniston's pain as he took her on dates around his hometown during filming. Pics of them making out in public had paparazzi going wild. They lasted for more than a year and split on friendly terms.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

15. Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon

'Bull Durham' (1988)

Though Sarandon ditches on-screen lover Robbins for Kevin Costner in this beloved baseball flick, off-screen she and the 12-year-younger Robbins were hitting a romantic home run. They've never married, but the two have remained together ever since, collaborating on award-winning films, two sons AND a liberal activist political agenda.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

14. Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz

'Sahara' (2005)

Months after breaking up with Tom Cruise, Penelope became an item with her often shirtless 'Sahara' co-star. Though she followed him on camping trips and he followed her to location shoots, they announced in 2006 it was too hard to keep the flames burning while apart so much. They're still BFF.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

13. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams

'The Notebook' (2004)

"God bless 'The Notebook,'" Gosling once told GQ Magazine. "It introduced me to one of the great loves of my life." Thankfully, he wasn't referring to James Garner. Gosling and McAdams' romance was one of the hottest in young Hollywood -- but, unlike the eternal soul mates they played in 'The Notebook,' these two parted ways in 2007.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

12. Jude Law and Sienna Miller

'Alfie' (2004)

After separating from wife Sadie Frost, Law wasted no time sweeping young actress Sienna Miller off her feet on the set of this ill-fated Michael Caine remake. The couple quickly moved in together and got engaged, but plans unraveled a year later when Miller discovered that Law had been cheating on her ... with his kids' nanny!

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11. Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow

'Seven' (1995)

Though their on-screen romance in 'Seven' ended with Paltrow's head in a box, off-screen Brad and Gwennie fared better: They flourished as young Hollywood's blond fairy-tale couple, with Pitt dedicating his 'Twelve Monkeys' Golden Globe win to "the love of my life, Gwyneth Paltrow." Much to fans' dismay, they called of their engagement in 1997.

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10. Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin

'The Marrying Man' (1991)

True to their current form, the combative ex-couple began explosively, on a production more memorable than the film it spawned. Premiere magazine spilled all in steamy stories detailing their fervor, their fits and how the filming of many a scene was delayed while they lingered in their trailers. The director was hospitalized for stress.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

9. Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise

'Days of Thunder' (1990)

After seeing Kidman in 'Dead Calm,' Cruise flew her in from Australia for her American movie debut. By film's end, Cruise had left real-life wife Mimi Rogers in the dust and was igniting headlines with Kidman. The couple married on Christmas Eve 1990, adopted two children and separated -- amid much mystery -- just before their 10th anniversary.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

8. Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

'Woman of the Year' (1942)

It started with her saying, "I'm afraid I'm too tall for you, Mr. Tracy," and the producer's retort: "He'll soon cut you down to size." Though Tracy never divorced his wife, from whom he was separated, he and Hepburn made a legendary love match that spanned eight movies and 25 years, until his death in 1967.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

7. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck

'Gigli' (2003)

When Affleck famously took out an ad in a Hollywood trade praising Lopez's ample talents on set, J.Lo dumped dancer husband Cris Judd and "Bennifer" was born -- ushering in the era of Hollywood couple name-mashing. Though Bennifer called off their wedding in 2004, they'll always have 'Gigli,' one of the biggest box office bombs ever.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

6. Ali MacGraw and Steve McQueen

'The Getaway' (1972)

Sam Peckinpah's 'The Getaway' had it all: car chases, explosions, gunplay -- and a big juicy affair between the "The King of Cool" and the hot 'Love Story' leading lady, who was inconveniently married to studio chieftain Robert Evans at the time. MacGraw left Evans and wed McQueen in '73, but their ardor ran out of gas: They divorced in '78.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

5. Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland

'Flatliners' (1990)

The box office queen and '24' hero fell for each other while playing med students experimenting with near-death experiences. By the following year, they were planning a soundstage wedding. But Julia became a runaway bride at the eleventh hour, winding up in a Dublin hotel with Sutherland "pal" Jason Patric.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

4. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall

'To Have and Have Not' (1944)

In her debut film, sexy, smoky-voiced 19-year-old Lauren Bacall told Bogey, 45, he didn't have to do a thing for her except maybe whistle. "You know how to whistle, don't you ... You just put your lips together and ... blow." Before long, Bogart blew off his then-wife. Bogie and Bacall wed and had two children before his death at 57.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

3. Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan

'Proof of Life' (2000)

Ryan, then married to Dennis Quaid, fell from her pedestal as America's sweetheart when it came out that she'd succumbed to Russell Crowe's bad-boy charms. The fling quickly flamed out, but the damage was done: 'Proof' flopped, the director blamed the scandal, Ryan and Quaid divorced, and Ryan's career never recovered.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

2. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor

'Cleopatra' (1963)

She was married to Eddie Fisher. He was married to Sybil Williams. "Scarlet woman" was one of the nicer pejoratives flung at Taylor as she and Burton openly flaunted their affair, while a Vatican newspaper accused her of "erotic vagrancy." Making a long scandal longer, the two lived together in sin until free to marry in 1965.

Top 25 Hottest On-Set Hookups

1. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' (2005)

Jolie and Pitt denied an on-set affair, but the rumors -- and their combustible chemistry -- made 'Smith' a $186M hit and likely contributed to Pitt's January '05 split from then-wife Jennifer Aniston. By spring, Brad and Angie were flaunting their romance in a W Magazine photo spread entitled "Domestic Bliss." The rest is Brangelina history.