Daniel Craig Steps Out with Wife Rachel Weisz Ahead of HisQueerMovie Premiere at Venice Film Festival

Mar. 15, 2025

Daniel Craig (left) and Rachel Weisz at Hotel Cipriani’s Il Porticciolo in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 2, 2024.Photo:Saskia Lawaks for W Magazine

Saskia Lawaks for W Magazine

Daniel CraigandRachel Weiszhad a celebratory kickoff after arriving in Italy for the 81stVenice Film Festival.

Ahead of the premiere of Craig’s filmQueer, the couple attended a dinner in honor of theLuca Guadagnino-directed historical romantic drama, held at Hotel Cipriani’s Il Porticciolo restaurant in Venice on Monday, Sept. 2.

Craig, 56, and Weisz coordinated in light hues for the evening out, with theKnives Out 3: Wake Up Dead Manactor in a gray blazer over white trousers and a white shirt with the top buttons undone. HisOscar-winner wife, 54, coordinated in a chic cream dress with white floral detailing.

Also in attendance were Guadagnino, 53, plus Craig’s costarsDrew Starkey,Jason Schwartzman,Lesley ManvilleandOmar Apollo.

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From L: Jonathan Anderson, Sara Moonves, Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey and Luca Guadagnino at Hotel Cipriani’s Il Porticciolo in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 2, 2024.Saskia Lawaks for W Magazine

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During a press conference for the period drama at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday, Sept. 3, Craig said of his sex scenes with Starkey, 30, that they “just wanted to make it as touching and as real and as natural as we possibly could,” perVariety.

“Drew is a wonderful, fantastic, beautiful actor to work with and we kind of had a laugh. We tried to make it fun,” the formerJames Bondactor said.

Craig and Weisz’s bond, meanwhile, dates back three decades. The couple first met in 1994, as young British actors cast inLes Grandes Horizontalesat the National Theatre Studio in London.

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Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig in New York City on April 9, 2018.Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan

And while they met in the ’90s, they didn’t start dating until they starred as a married couple in the 2011 psychological thrillerDream House. Weisz and Craigtied the knotin a secret wedding ceremony just six months after they’d started dating.

The couple share a daughter, whomthey welcomed in 2018and whose name has never been made public. Weisz also has an 18-year-old son, Henry, with directorDarren Aronofsky, while Craig has an adult daughter named Ella, whom he welcomed in 1992 with ex Fiona Loudon.

During a 2023 interview withWillie GeistforSunday TODAY, Weisz discussed how she and her husband"alternate" taking acting jobs.

“We really love our private life as a life, as a family, and then we go to work separately,” theMummyactress explained. “I can stay home with the family while he works, we can swap out. If we’re both doing something at the same time, it’s probably less ideal.”

Queerpremieres Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival, which is running through Sept. 7.

source: people.com