Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky are one of those celebrity couples that seem to have been around forever. And in a way, they have. After being set up by their agent in 2010, the superstar couple wed within three months.
It was a whirlwind meet-and-marriage that usually spells 'doom' for famous people – but for these two, it was a chance to solidify their love and grow together. "In the beginning it was beautiful," the Spanish actress told Vogue Australia in 2018. "When I met him, he wasn't known at all and I grew with him and experienced all his successes and changes, and then he became just so huge and I've been sharing that too.
" READ MORE: Chance meeting at the races ended in Melissa Joan Hart's epic romance READ MORE: How Morgan Riddle 'traumatised' tennis star Taylor Fritz on first date The 47-year-old said it's difficult go from unknown to known, and to deal with the life changes that come along with fame. Put the typical pressures of marriage and children on top of that and it's uniquely challenging. "We did everything very quickly – I don't know how we survived as a couple.
We were married and then a year after we had kids. It puts a lot of pressure on a marriage, but we came out good because there is a lot of love between us and we are very strong personalities but love each other so much. We make it work," she says.
On meeting Pataky , Chris Hemsworth has said "from the first time we met, we just made sense". This 'if-you-know-you-know' feeling likely.
