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High stakes breed high emotions, right?

Well, that’s certainly the case for the best adventure couples in movies.

Raiders of the Lost Arc/The Mummy

Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) is a governors daughter.

Will and Elizabeth marry and have a son in At Worlds End.

Read ourPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl review.

Pirates of the Caribbean

But William Hurt and Harrison Ford first turned down Spielberg, as did Robin Wright.

Read ourJurassic Park review.

“Did they stay in Africa?

Jurassic Park

I always thought they must have,” she writes in her 1987 book about the film.

“I hope my lady had a pleasant journey from London?”

“What you hope can hardly be important!”

The African Queen

“But his circumstances at the time prevented the relationship from going further.

Cantankerous fate kept us together in films and apart in real life.”

Eschewing pre-casting screen testing, Jenkins knew Pine was right for Steve.

The Adventures of Robin Hood

“I knew that Chris has exactly the energy,” Jenkins told TF at the time.

“Hes plenty confident.

So I knew he had exactly the right kind of vibe from the moment that I met him.”

Wonder Woman

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Jack T. Colton & Joan Wilder, Romancing The Stone

Director:Robert ZemeckisReleased:1984

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The Mask of Zorro

Buttercup & Westley, The Princess Bride

Director:Rob ReinerReleased:1987

As you wish!

Likewise, when hes supposedly killed by pirates, she vows never to love another man.

Yet while its a film about the perils of undying love, The Princess Bride is never sappy.

Romancing the Stone

Although Elwes was cast swiftly, it took an age to find their Buttercup.

A week before shooting, the shy Wright turned up at the door looking resplendent and sun-dappled.

“You always dream about it as a little girl, but I never stopped dreaming about that.”

The Princess Bride

Aww…

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But perhaps the main reason was Brendan Fraser’s and Rachel Weiszs chemistry.

“I dont really think about chemistry,” says Sommers.

The Mummy

“The audience has to tell you that.

But what I could tell was that they got along great.

When people genuinely like each other, and enjoy working with each other…

Raiders

I thought, ‘Oh, this is going to be fun.'”

Well, it would, were not Indy so exhausted that he promptly falls asleep.

“We never seem to get a break, do we?”

The Iron Mask

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Addicted to Love

Fountain of Youth set visit

Bloodsport

The best Disney Plus movies: Simba, Pumbaa and Timon walking across a log during The Lion King.

Suzume

David Harbour as Red Guardian in Thunderbolts

Avengers: Endgame

Reed Richards writing on a chalkboard

Ghost, Bob, Yelena, and John Walker peeking around a corner in Thunderbolts

Tony Revolori as Flash Thompson in the MCU alongside Agent Venom in comics

Tim Blake Nelson as The Leader in Captain America: Brave New World

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 screenshot of the Paintress painting the number 33 onto a distant pillar while Gustave and Sophie watch from the harbor port, framed by a circle of light

Absolute Martian Manhunter #2

In-game screenshots of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered

Forza Horizon 5 screenshot of a Horizon Realms track that�s lit up in neon pink with illuminated palm trees decorating either side of the road

Once Upon a Puppet key art

Lune prepares to attack a hulking enemy Nevron in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2