Actors Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Talulah Riley joyfully announced their engagement after two years of dating.
Brodie-Sangster, who first garnered fame as a child actor in the beloved 2003 holiday film Love Actually, made a cheeky reference to the movie in his Instagram post sharing the news.
He posted a romantic photo of the couple in a gondola with the caption “Happy to announce that Talulah and I are engaged. Love is all around x.” The final line quotes a famous line from Love Actually spoken by Hugh Grant’s character, the British Prime Minister. It is also the title of a song covered in the film by Bill Nighy’s aging rocker character Billy Mack.
37-year-old Riley shared the happy news on her own Twitter account, posting a selfie of the beaming couple with the caption “Very happy to share that after two years of dating, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and I are engaged!”
The two actors first crossed paths while co-starring in the FX miniseries Pistol, a dramatization of the Sex Pistols’ rise to fame. Brodie-Sangster portrayed band manager Malcolm McLaren while Riley took on the role of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, who was McLaren’s real-life partner.
After being spotted together numerous times throughout 2021 and 2022, the pair made their official debut as a couple on the red carpet at the 2022 British Academy Film Awards Gala Dinner.
Though quite private about their relationship, Riley spoke candidly in a May 2022 interview with The Times about falling for Brodie-Sangster. She recalled, “We hadn’t really seen each other in a romantic light or as a possibility until the moment we both suddenly did. It was the same moment for both of us, months after having worked together and been good friends.”
Very happy to share that after two years of dating, Thomas Brodie Sangster and I are engaged! pic.twitter.com/NipyXtsDV0
— Talulah Riley (@TalulahRiley) July 27, 2023
Here is my attempt to rewrite the paragraph without plagiarizing:
“After our divorce, we still referred to each other as ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ out of habit,” Riley explained. “It felt strange to go back to calling him my ‘boyfriend’ when we had been married before. So we decided to get remarried to make it official again.”
