I can be kind of shy in a group.

I mean, I manage it pretty well, but he’s much more outgoing than I am."

Instead, the two did things the old-fashioned way: They talked.

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Connelly explained, “I thought, ‘Hmm, he’s really good, that guy.”

Fate soon stepped in, and the pair reconnected at the 2002 BAFTA Awards and quickly began a relationship.

His admission was motivated in part by the attacks on September 11, 2001.

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His phone calls were motivated by a realization.

“I realized I was in love.

And that’s really what happened.

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We had never dated.”

Bettany has said that he is anxious about his own children.

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She noted that they both agreed on the bang out of wedding they wanted.

It was a rainy Scottish winter."

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“I had never been happier in my personal life and I felt things had finally clicked.'”

Connelly and Bettany also have two biological children named Stellan and Agnes.

In 2012, Bettanytold Anderson Cooperthat all three kids are incredible: “They’re all such extraordinary kids.

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And they’re great together.

They look after each other.

They’re loving.”

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in 2015, asE!noted.

“She’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s cool but I love Iron Man.’

He’s like, ‘No, but I’m The Vision!’

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She’s like, ‘Yeah, I love Iron Man.'”

Bettany himself later confirmed the storywhile speaking to Conan O’Brien.

The pair decided to turn to others who have done the same and ask for guidance.

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He explained to People that homeschooling might not be his strongest skill.

“I’m still quite an active dad, because I’ve got a 9-year-old.

“It’s hard not to talk in platitudes about it,” he said.

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“All I can tell you is that I think my children and my marriage saved me.”

“That other stuff [celebrity] doesn’t really hold much interest for Jennifer or myself.