Kevin Baconsays it was love at first sight when he spottedKyra Sedgwickon the set of the PBS movieLemon Skyin 1987.
After a little convincing, she agreed to a date. The two went to dinner and ended up talking and laughing for hours. But Sedgwick says it was how she felt the next day that made her realize he was the one.
“I remember waking up and going, ‘I feel like home,’ " she says. “I realized, ‘Oh, that was him.’ "
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Now, for more than three decades, the couple have built a home together while balancing successful careers and raising their son Travis, 33, and daughter Sosie, 31. “We’ve always been each other’s biggest support and fans,” says Sedgwick, who recently directed Bacon in the dramaSpace Oddity, about a young man who dreams of escaping to Mars after tragedy strikes.
She adds that being able to make each other laugh has been a key ingredient in their 35-year marriage. “A sense of humor is crucial,” says Sedgwick. “He is very freaking funny.”
Meanwhile, Bacon says he’s never seen his wife happier at work than when she is behind the camera. “She just absolutely adores directing. You can’t be a crew or a cast member and not get swept up in that [excitement],” says Bacon, who directed Sedgwick in the 2005 filmLoverboy.
When they’re not working, the down-to-earth couple like to enjoy life’s quieter moments together.
“To me, walking down the street together just shooting the s— in the middle of the night still feels like a nice place to be,” says Bacon.
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