The only American actor to be at his best in early 2023 is Paul Rudd. Two years ago, People voted him “the sexiest man alive”, the star who prances in two huge Hollywood franchises, Ghostbusters and Ant-Man, the second part of which was released in theaters on February 15. A reward all the more deserved as the actor ate his black bread in his debut. Paul Rudd, however, has always been able to count on the unwavering support of a certain Julie Yaeger, his companion for 20 years. Their meeting has everything from the scenario of a romantic comedy like Hollywood produces on the chain.
Shortly after the success of Clueless, Paul Rudd scoured New York in search of an agent. Julie Yaeger works in the office of one of these coveted “publicists”. Love at first sight is instantaneous. “She had experienced a tragedy in her life, just like me,” Paul Rudd told our British colleagues from Marie Claire in 2018. The couple married in 2003 and the family soon grew. Julie Yaeger gave birth to a boy, Jack Sullivan, in 2006, then a girl, Darby, four years later. More than a simple love story, it is a professional relationship that unites the two lovebirds since they manage a confectionery in the state of New York with Jeffrey Dean Morgan and his wife Hilarie Burton.
This film which is inspired a lot by the relationship of Paul Rudd and Julie Yaegger
If he confides that his love story with Julie Yaeger would not interest the tabloids, Paul Rudd knows how to use it to feed his characters. In a 2012 interview with the Los Angeles Times, director Judd Apatow revealed that the actor’s relationship with the former “publicist” inspired some of the scenes in 40 Years: How To and Knocked Up, Fashion. employment. A backstage noise confirmed by Paul Rudd in the columns of the Jewish Journal: “When Judd was writing this film, my wife said to me one day: I’m tired of looking at your back, because I spent my days on the computer.” Julie Yaeger would have been equally “stunned” to learn that she had married the sexiest man alive. “She would have voted for Keanu Reeves”, joked at the time Paul Rudd in the media Extra…
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