Iconic Movies That Impacted High-Profile Hollywood Marriages

Maintaining a long-term, healthy, and completely not-traumatizing relationship can be a challenge even for those of us with simple lives. Hollywood stars have it even worse. Movie sets have been the backdrops of many a painful breakup or divorce. Whether it's the intimacy of working together or a fit of jealousy, some Hollywood marriages have seen the worst of the worst thanks to these iconic films.

Cleopatra

The 1961 film had actors Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton opposite each other. At first, directors thought they made a mistake because the pair couldn't stand each other. That was, until their first on-screen kiss.

A Short-Lived Fling

When they locked lips, they had to be forced to stop. Both were married, but by the end of the filming, they couldn't hide their true feelings. They married in 1964 and divorced in 1974. Then remarried in 1975, before divorcing for the final time in 1976.

The Misfits

Famed playwright Arthur Miller and actress Marilyn Monroe had been married for five years when they began production on this dramatic film. It was supposed to be a way for the couple to work together, but it ended in disaster.

True Colors Come Out

Miller was domineering and sexist on set, giving Monroe harsh feedback and rewriting the script constantly. The movie ended their marriage, and was the last movie Monroe ever acted in. She passed away one year after the release.