It's no secret that most celebrity marriages don't last. Glory, money, long forced separations, admirers and admirers destroy even the strongest unions created for love. So the seemingly perfect marriages of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith, Igor Petrenko and Ekaterina Klimova, Fedor and Svetlana Bondarchuk fell apart. Only a few celebrities manage to keep the family hearth. These are, for example, Adriano Celentano and Claudia Mori, Vladimir Menshov and Vera Alentova, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, David and Victoria Beckham, as well as the heroes of this article - Colin Firth and Livia Giuggioli. What is the secret of their long and happy marriage?
Colin Firth
Colin Firth is a British theater and film actor. Born in 1960 in a family of teachers. When Colin was a teenager, he moved to the United States with his parents and younger children. The boy from a British family of strict rules was not easy in the society of American teenagers. Growing up, Colin decided to become an actor. Firth graduated from college in 1982. His first film work was the film Anothercountry”, in which he was lucky enough to play one of the main characters. And Firth's first major role was Armand Duval in the film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas son's novel The Lady of the Camellias.
Best roles
He won worldwide fame for his role as Mr. Darcy in the film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice (1995).
One of the best movies starring Colin Firth is Girl with a Pearl Earring. In it, he played the role of the talented Dutch artist Jan Vermeer.
Also, the actor did a great job playing one of the main characters in "Bridget Jones's Diary", "The English Patient", "Shakespeare in Love".
It's interesting to know that it was Colin's Pride and Prejudice that inspired writer Helen Fielding to write a book about Bridget Jones, which is somewhat a modern adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. Firth in the film adaptation played the role of Mark Darcy - the modern Mr. Darcy.
He was nominated for an Oscar for his lead role in A Single Man. But the figurine went to someone else. Those who know the biography of actor Colin Firth know that he received an Oscar for playing the title role in the drama The King's Speech!. Thanks to the film "Kingsman: The Secret Service", Firth changed his usual role, pumped up his muscles and appeared before the audience in the form of a tough guy.
The personal life of an actor before marriage
Colin Firth's personal life, unlike many other popularhandsome actors, was not too intense. The first serious hobby was Meg Tilly - a partner in the film "Valmont". Their romance lasted three years. The couple settled in British Columbia with Meg's children. Colin and Meg had a son named William. But after several years of living in the wilderness, Colin felt homesick. The couple broke up.
On the set of Pride and Prejudice, Firth fell in love with his co-star Jennifer Ehle. Colin admired absolutely everything in her: appearance, manners, behavior, lifestyle. He believed that she was playing herself in the film. The actors looked great together. This novel did not last even two years. The press only became aware of it when it was finished.
The love story of Colin Firth and his wife
In 1995, Colin starred in the TV series Nostromo. On the set, he met Livia Giuggioli, an assistant director and producer of documentaries. The young Italian beauty, who was ten years younger than Firth, impressed the actor so much that he fell desperately in love and began courting her. He had to accept the strict rules that prevailed in the Giuggiolli family: he could meet with Livia only with the permission of his father (the 26-year-old girl lived with her parents). Colin even learned Italian. He admired the large and friendly Giugiolli family. The courtship lasted two years. Finally, Colin Firth proposed to Livia. They got married in 1997.
One of the strongest Hollywood marriages
For todayday Colin and Livia have been married for twenty-one years. They are raising two sons - Luca and Matteo. The family lives either in the UK or in Italy. Sometimes the actor stays in the US with his eldest son. Colin has a very good relationship with his Italian relatives. He fell in love with Italy so much that he took a second (Italian) citizenship and bought a house near Milan, where the family celebrates Christmas every year.
When asked by journalists about the many years of fidelity to his wife, Colin Firth replies that it is easy for him to resist temptation and not encourage ladies who flirt with him, because he seriously considers his wife the most beautiful woman in the world. The only drawback (the actor jokes) in this marriage is Livia's outstanding culinary skills, as a result of which he cannot resist the temptation to eat a lot and tasty food, which then negatively affects his figure. Colin believes that his wife helps him avoid star disease, preventing its slightest symptoms with well-aimed, but not at all offensive jokes. Firth has no doubts about Livia's wisdom and insight, calling her his main adviser.
When Colin Firth and Livia's children were elementary school students, according to their father, they didn't really understand what their dad was doing. Until a certain point, the spouses did not show the films in which he played to the children at all.
Followed by the idea of consuming only organic products, Colin Firth and his wife opened an upmarket ECO-AGE store in London. They are running a successful family business.
Short-term crisis
Like many couples whohaving lived together for many years, Giuggioli and Firth recently experienced a serious crisis. Colin Firth and his wife have decided to live separately. And at this time, Livia had a short romance with a friend who had been in love with her since childhood, journalist Marco Brancaccia. After some time, the couple decided to reunite. The abandoned lover, not distinguished by nobility, was not going to give up. Hoping to return the woman he loved, he constantly pestered her with threats to devote the public to the details of their recent romance. And then Livia Giuggioli made a desperate decision. She herself told the press about her betrayal and told the police about the indomitable journalist. Colin Firth in this situation behaved nobly. He forgave his wife and even wrote a letter to Brancaccia saying that he understood his suffering. The couple refused to take legal action, not wanting to reveal the details of their lives.
Colin and Livia today
Today Colin Firth and his wife are back together. Their marriage has gone through a serious test. During the scandal, their names did not leave the front pages of newspapers. At the premiere of Mamma Mia-2, Colin was with Livia. The couple held themselves somewhat tense, feeling the curious glances of people privy to the recent scandalous story. But at the same time, Colin and Livia supported each other, and it seemed that they were even closer than before.
By their example, Colin Firth and Livia Giuggioli demonstrate that true love is above scandals and turmoil, and that together you can overcome any difficulties.
