Meet the Real-Life Loves of the “Another Simple Favor ”Cast (Including One Couple Who Met on Broadway!)

Another Simple Favor is a sequel to 2018’s A Simple Favor, which sees Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) become romantically involved with her best friend Emily Nelson’s (Blake Lively) then-husband (Henry Golding).

But in real life, the cast’s love lives aren’t nearly as twisty.

Another Simple Favor — which premiered on Amazon Prime Video on May 1 — follows Smothers and Nelson as they reconnect for the first time in five years at Nelson’s wedding to Dante Versano (Michele Morrone) in Capri, Italy. The getaway quickly unravels and becomes filled with murder, betrayal and exposed secrets.

While Lively’s character is giving love a second chance, off-screen, she’s been married to Ryan Reynolds since 2012. Kendrick and Golding play love interests in the sequel, but in real-life, Kendrick is single and Golding is married to Liv Lo Golding.

The film also stars Andrew Rannells (Darren), Bashir Salahuddin (Detective Summerville), Allison Janney (Aunt Linda McLinden), Elena Sofia Ricci (Portia Versano) and Elizabeth Perkins (Margaret McLinden).

Here’s everything to know about the real-life partners of the Another Simple Favor cast.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds went from on-screen love interests to off-screen couple goals.

The pair met while filming Green Lantern in 2010, but didn’t start dating until a year later.

“We were buddies for a long time, which I think is the best way to have a relationship, to start as friends,” Reynolds told Jess Cagle on SiriusXM’s Entertainment Weekly Radio Deadpool special in 2016.

In fact, they connected while on a double date with other people.

“About a year after Green Lantern had come and gone and we were both single, we went on a double date — she was on a date with another guy, and I was on a date with another girl — and it was like the most awkward date for the respective parties because we were just like fireworks coming across,” Reynolds shared.

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The couple married on Sept. 9, 2012, and started their family two years later when they welcomed their first daughter, James, on Dec. 16, 2014. They went on to have daughters Inez (born September 2016), Betty (born October 2019) and son Olin (born February 2023).

Lively and Reynolds have supported each other during their career milestones over the years — including at Reynolds’ Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in December 2016 where he called her the “best thing.”

“You are the best thing, the best thing that has ever happened to me — second only to this star,” he joked. “You make everything better, absolutely everything in my life better. You’ve made me the father of my dreams when I thought I only had fun uncle potential.”

Anna Kendrick

While Anna Kendrick’s character’s love life is on full display in Another Simple Favor, off-screen, she’s much more private.

The Pitch Perfect actress previously had relationships with director Edgar Wright from 2009 to 2013 and cinematographer Ben Richardson from 2014 to 2020. Most recently, she dated Bill Hader from 2020 to 2022.

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During an October 2024 episode of Call Her Daddy, Kendrick gave rare insight into one of her exes when she revealed that she was in a seven-year, allegedly abusive relationship.

“It came out of absolutely nowhere but was built on this foundation of I had so much love and trust for that person, so I thought it had to be me,” she said. “It was very, very difficult to actually go, ‘No, I think this is him. I think this is his stuff.’ I turned my life completely upside down trying to fix whatever was wrong with me.”

Michele Morrone

Michele Morrone, who plays Lively’s Italian fiancé Dante Versano, told PEOPLE in June 2022 that he is “absolutely single.”

“Oh, right now I’m absolutely single,” he said at the time. “It’s not because I want to be single, but I have no time. I’m focusing so much on my career, my kids. And I probably haven’t found the right person yet.”

Morrone was previously married to Rouba Saadeh, but they divorced in 2018. The exes share sons Marcus (born September 2014) and Brando (born September 2017).

Morrone, who rose to fame on the Netflix series 365 Days, sparked romance rumors with Khloé Kardashian in September 2022 when they posed for photos together at Dolce & Gabbana’s spring/summer show.

However, his rep denied that anything romantic happened between the two of them.

Henry Golding and Liv Lo Golding

Henry Golding, who plays Sean Townsend, has been married to his wife, Liv Lo Golding, since 2016.

The couple met at a New Year’s Eve party in 2010 when Liv approached him.

“She steps in my way and she’s like, ‘Why haven’t you said hello to me yet? I’m leaving tomorrow and you’re never going to see me again. What are you going to do about it?’ ” he recalled during a 2019 episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan.

Henry proposed in 2015, and they went on to tie the knot a year later in Malaysia. They share two children together: daughters Lyla Golding (born in March 2021) and Florence Likan Golding (born in September 2023).

Andrew Rannells and Charles Curtis “Tuc” Watkins III

Andrew Rannells, who reprises his role as goofy friend Darren, has been dating Charles Curtis “Tuc” Watkins III since 2019.

The Girls actor and the One Life to Live star originally met while playing a couple in the 2018 Broadway musical, The Boys in the Band. They began dating a year later, working together again on the Netflix film of the same name.

Before dating Rannells, Watkins welcomed twins via surrogacy in 2012. Rannells has since stepped into the stepfather role.

“My boyfriend has two kids,” Rannells said during a January 2025 appearance on Today With Jenna and Friends. “They were 6 years old when we started dating and that was not on my radar, actually.” The actor went on to agree that being in their life has been “beautiful.”

Bashir Salahuddin and Chandra Russell

Bashir Salahuddin, who plays the curious Detective Summerville, is married to actress Chandra Russell.

The Top Gun: Maverick actor and the comedian tied the knot in August 2017 and now share at least two children.

Salahuddin and Russell have also worked together. She starred in his Comedy Central show South Side from 2019 to 2022.

“Work husband, real husband, its all the same s— over here. Happy Anniversary to the biggest boss. 💜💜💜,” she captioned an anniversary Instagram post in August 2024.

Allison Janney

Allison Janney, who plays the new character of Aunt Linda McLinden, appears to be single.

Janney was previously in a relationship with actor Dennis Gagomiros from 1994 to 2001. She moved on with actor Richard Jenik in 2002 and got engaged in 2004. They costarred on the 2005 film Our Very Own, but broke up in 2006.

The West Wing actress went on to date production manager Philip Joncas, whom she met on the set of 2013’s The Way Way Back, until their split in 2017.

Janney told PEOPLE in March 2024 that she was looking for a partner “who has got a great relationship to the world” and is “extremely funny.”

“Someone who makes me laugh and appreciates me,” she said. “I like people to be kind. Kind and generous. And they must love dogs. If they don’t love dogs, that’s nope. Can’t. Nope. Pass, swipe, whatever you say.”

Elizabeth Perkins and Julio Macat

Elizabeth Perkins, who plays Margaret McLinden, is married to Argentinian cinematographer Julio Macat.

The Weeds actress and the Home Alone cinematographer have been married since 2000. Their family consists of her daughter Hannah Jo Phillips with ex Maurice Phillips, and his three sons from a previous relationship.

Macat has shared selfies with his “gorgeous” wife, while she’s written about how “proud” she is of his accomplishments.

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