Marvel's Real-Life Romances: A Look Back at Superhero Couples

While Marvel films aren’t typically celebrated for their grand romantic scenes, there are several memorable pairings who maintain their relationships amidst global crises: Pepper Potts and Tony Stark, for instance, or Vision and Wanda Maximoff.The film and television franchise also includes a few real-life romances as well, although many of these connections began prior to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s widespread popularity. Before Iron Man launched Phase 1 in 2008, there was 2003’s Daredevil, featuring Ben Affleck as the visually impaired superhero Matt Murdock.The film received mixed reviews, but it was on this set that Affleck found love with his former spouse, Jennifer Garner, who portrayed Elektra. Zendaya and Tom Holland also crossed paths while working on the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming.Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton, in the meantime, first connected through a theatrical production before each subsequently joined the Marvel universe in individual projects.Keep scrolling for a retrospective on Marvel actors who previously dated: