Hollywood Relationships That Took Us All by Surprise

Meg Ryan was becoming the defining romantic-comedy actress of her generation, associated with warmth, relatability, and emotional openness. Dennis Quaid was an established actor with a more rugged, restless screen presence. Their pairing blended sweetness and volatility in a way that always felt slightly precarious.

They met while filming D.O.A. and married in 1991. The marriage lasted a decade and produced a child, but strain from addiction and infidelity eroded it. They divorced in 2001, and the breakup retroactively recast the relationship as more fragile than it once appeared.