He added, “I won’t deny that providence was part of us finding each other, but our relationship isn’t magic-the way it’s shown in movies. “When I married Rita, I thought, ‘This is going to require some change on my part.’” “The success of our relationship was a matter of timing, maturity, and our willingness to have an intimate connection,” he said. In 2001, Hanks told Oprah what has kept their marriage alive. “I didn’t know what being in love was until I met Tom,” Wilson once told Vanity Fair, per People. On April 30, 1988, the couple finally got what they wanted: marriage. They got closer while filming Volunteers. “I was actually at a friend of mine’s house when it aired and I remember thinking ‘That girl’s cute,’” he told reporters in 2016, per People. It helped that Hanks had already developed a crush from afar, having seen her on The Brady Bunch in the early ‘70s. “I asked Rita if it was the real thing for her, and it just couldn’t be denied.” “Rita and I just looked at each other and-kaboing-that was that,” he told GQ, per The Daily Mail. Hanks had a starring role in the ABC comedy, and when Wilson appeared as a guest, their connection was clear. Below, a closer look at their relationship over the years. And like any good Hollywood love story, it all started on the set of an ‘80s sitcom.

The list of hurdles and victories the 63-year-olds have cleared as a team gave them the resilience they have today. Throw in the fact that they recently battled and overcame the novel coronavirus together, and well, their bond seems practically invincible.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been married for more than 30 years-and their decades in the spotlight have been admirable, to say the least.

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