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As fans wait to find out if he has landed the role of James Bond, Aaron Taylor-Johnson is taking time to address the ongoing debate about his marriage to filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, 23 years older.
The couple met while working on the 2009 John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, when Aaron was 18 and Sam was 41. They welcomed their first daughter together, Wylda Rae, in 2010. They were married in 2012, the same year as their second daughter, Romy Arwr, was born.
In an interview with Rolling Stone UK, Aaron Taylor-Johnson discussed the public interest in his 12-year marriage. “What you have to realise,” he told the publication, “is that what most people were doing in their 20s, I was doing when I was 13. “
He added: “You do something too quickly for someone else? I don’t understand that. At what pace are you supposed to enjoy life? It’s strange to me.”
It’s no surprise that the Kick-Ass and Nocturnal Animals actor has had to question the age gap several times during his career.
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In 2017, he acknowledged that the media frenzy over his relationship had been “intrusive” but suggested there was a silver lining.
“Having to deal with that early in my career probably got me to a place where I can do it quicker, just go, ‘Oh, fuck it’ instead of wanting to rip someone’s head off for asking questions which I don’t like,” he told New York Magazine’s Vulture.
And in a conversation with Esquire last year, he said that starting a family early was always part of his life plan: “I knew I was going to be a young father. I knew I was going to have a lot of children.”
Elsewhere in his Rolling Stone UK chat, Aaron Taylor-Johnson praised Sam Taylor-Johnson’s directing skills, calling his wife “a great filmmaker and a great storyteller.” He also believes viewers will be blown away by Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black.
“Everyone is going to realize what a great filmmaker he is,” he said,
One thing he won’t discuss, however, are the many reports that he has signed on to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond in the next installment of the 007 franchise. Instead, the focus of his Rolling Stone conversation shifted to The Fall Guy , his upcoming action thriller with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, among other projects.
“I can only really talk about the things I’m going to show and tell,” he said.
