Aaron Taylor-Johnson's wife has spoken out about her 23-year age gap with her husband.
Ever since it was announced that Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 33, might be the next James Bond, his life has been thrust into the spotlight, in particular, his relationship with his wife Sam, 57, who is over two decades older than him.
The pair met for the first time when the then 17-year-old actor auditioned for the lead role in her film, Nowhere Boy. Sam, who is currently promoting her new film Back To Black which tells the story of how Amy Winehouse's iconic album came to be, was 42 and had just filed for divorce from her ex-husband Jay Jopling, with whom she shares two daughters.
The pair allegedly grew really "close" while filming, which raised a few eyebrows, and then in 2008, they went official with their relationship.
Many social media users aren't comfortable with the dynamic between the two, highlighting the fact that Aaron was underage when the pair met as well as the power imbalance between the pair, with Sam being the director of the film the then-teenager was auditioning for.
In a new interview with The Guardian, the 57-year-old opened up about the dynamics between her and her husband, telling the outlet that the 23-year age gap doesn't really affect their lives.
"It never does," Sam said in an interview published April 6. "I mean, it's coming up now because you're asking. And it comes up on the outside perspective of people who don't know us, because I guess people will always... We're a bit of an anomaly, but it's that thing: after 14 years you just think, surely by now it doesn't really matter?"
She also added: "So, if you think of it in that way, then the age gap doesn't really make any difference."
Elsewhere, she also opened up about how heartaches in the past, especially the fact that her parents left her when she was just a child, have not stopped her from finding love.
"If I had been cynical for a second, it wouldn't have worked," she said. "If I had questioned anything, it would never have worked. I'm quite instinctual. I've gone feet first into everything in my life. I'm always, 'This seems amazing', and I jump straight in and go through the experience, whether good or bad.
"It's definitely a 'F*** it, let's go with it' approach. And I'm a great believer that the heart overrides everything. Love conquers all," she concluded.