Well, it wasn’t exactly a fairy tale start. Carey Mulligan, the acclaimed actress, recently spilled the beans about her initial impressions of her now-husband, Marcus Mumford.
They first crossed paths as pre-teens, but she didn’t exactly see him as “boyfriend material” back then. Mulligan got real about her past during Monday’s episode of the “Smartless” podcast. The show is hosted by the trio of Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett.
The two were childhood friends, having attended the same camp. Mumford was 10, and Mulligan was 12 at the time. Fast forward to the present, Mulligan, 38, was asked if she had a fling with the “I Will Wait” singer back at camp. Her answer? A resounding no.
She did, however, write in her diary that Mumford was the “nicest, kindest person” she’d ever met. He scored a 9.5 out of 10 in her book. But, she also noted that he wasn’t boyfriend material. Not that she’d had a boyfriend at that point, but she was pretty sure he wasn’t the one.
As the saying goes, time has a way of changing things. The “Great Gatsby” star found herself gravitating back towards Mumford, now 36, over the years. They even kept in touch as pen pals for a while, lost contact, and then reconnected thanks to the internet.
They found each other on Facebook, had a brief interaction, and then both deactivated their accounts. It wasn’t until Mulligan was 24 that they decided to meet up again. At that point, she joked that they “probably should get married” after years of destiny bringing them back together.
Mumford popped the question in 2011, and by April of the next year, they were hitched. The couple welcomed their daughter, Evelyn, 8, in 2015, and their son, Wilfred, 6, in 2017.
Earlier this year, the “Drive” star secretly gave birth to their third child. While Mulligan announced the news in a Vogue interview published in October, she didn’t reveal the baby’s sex or name. The couple is known for being private about their personal lives, often keeping their children out of the spotlight.