Angelica Jopling, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jessie Phoenix Jopling. Cindy Ord/Getty Images
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and wife Sam Taylor-Johnson made a rare red carpet appearance together with her eldest daughters.
Aaron, 34, and Sam, 57, went for matching looks while on the Recent York City premiere of his movie Kraven the Hunter on Tuesday, December 10. The couple were joined by Sam’s daughters Angelica, 27, and Jessie, 18, whom she shares with ex-husband Jay Jopling.
Sam’s eldest children haven’t previously attended events with their mother and stepfather. Along with coparenting Angelica and Jessie, Aaron shares daughters Wylda Rae, 13, and Romy Hero, 12, with Sam.
The couple, who tied the knot in 2012, began dating after Aaron auditioned for a task in Nowhere Boy, Sam’s directorial debut, in 2008. The actor previously opened up about his aspirations of being a father, noting that he was 10 or 11 when he first considered starting a family.
“I used to be going to have a giant family. I knew I used to be going to be a young father. I knew I used to be going to have many kids,” Aaron told Esquire in June 2023. “Teenagers, man. I’ve got teenagers.”
(L-R) Angelica Jopling, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jessie Phoenix Jopling attend the “Kraven The Hunter” Recent York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on December 10, 2024 in Recent York City. TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic
On the time, Aaron explained how fatherhood influenced his decision to take a break from acting.
“I wanted, purely, to be with my babies,” he shared. “I didn’t wish to be taken away from them. I battled with what that will be like. I’d say I used to be probably not able to be in that position [of success] anyway — it was too early. But yeah, I also barely didn’t give a f—k.”
Aaron continued: “In my view, the actor that goes job to job becomes f—king boring. You recognize that somebody’s going to select you up, take you to work, do your makeup, let you know, ‘Here’s your mark. These are your lines. You’re f—king great!’ And on to the following job. F—k off. I’m sure people dream of that. If that is what you would like to do, that’s great. It doesn’t feed my soul. I benefit from the normality of things, the on a regular basis stuff. Getting my kids ready within the mornings, taking them to high school and activities — that’s plenty. That feeds my soul.”
Each Aaron and Sam have spoken candidly about their 20-year age difference, which has sparked conflicting opinions online.
“I literally found my soulmate. I feel so blessed: on daily basis I get up comfortable. We spend every minute of the day together,” Sam told The Sunday Times UK in 2017. “My friends call him Benjamin Button because he has — on the surface — such youth, and on the within, he’s so clever and settled. He doesn’t like parties. He likes being at home and cooking for the family. He likes walking the dogs. He loves his chickens — he collects the eggs and makes breakfast for everybody. He’s an incredible man.”
Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson attend the “Kraven The Hunter” Recent York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on December 10, 2024 in Recent York City. Jamie McCarthy/WireImage
Two years later, the director told the Each day Beast she hoped to set a positive example for other couples. “We’ve been together for over a decade now,” she said. “It doesn’t worry me, and it’s not something that’s difficult to discuss since it’s such a positive story, that we’re a decade later together and dealing together and raising a robust family together. That could be a positive message for people on the market.”
Aaron, for his part, has been more tight-lipped relating to discussing their marriage.
“I’m attempting to be as honest as possible,” he told Esquire in 2023. “I’ve probably talked to you more about my kids and Sam than I even have with anybody. I’ve got really nothing to cover, and I’m secure in what we’ve. But I’m not going to unlock things which might be actually precious to me.”
