Many actors have thrown the house out of the window at their weddings, some authentic modern versions of the classic fairy tale: loads of glamor, palaces or luxury ‘resorts’, several days of celebrations and a guest list that includes half of Hollywood
The last chapter of this canicular series on the most unique weddings in the world ‘celebrity’ is dedicated to movie weddingsthose starring actors who gave everything to make their link a modern, impressive and spectacular version of a true fairy tale. In addition to the classic parties set up with a checkbook to succeed with a most original staging, there are those that lasted several days and that put an entire city, such as Venice, at its feet. This is the case of the following five movie weddings.
Grace Kelly and Rainier of Monaco
The Philadelphia Museum of Art houses the Grace Kelly wedding dress made by the designer Helen Rose (in charge of the costumes for more than 200 films and winner of two Oscars) for her wedding with the Prince Rainier III of Monaco. It is known as one of the most elegant and remembered bridal designs of all time, and no, in the end it was not the inspiration for Tamara Falcó’s dress, who for “the wedding of the year” chose a medieval princess design by Carolina Herrera .
But that April 18, 1956, the Hollywood star, and one of the fascinating blondes who obsessed Alfred Hitchcock, left everything to star in the greatest fairy tale of the 20th centurymarrying the reigning prince of a small European country. Six hundred guests witnessed in the cathedral, 1,500 attended the reception given by the newlyweds and 30 million television viewers were stunned by a real bride who shone without wearing more jewelry than pearls for earrings. Her dress has obsessed many famous brides for decades, but without a doubt the best replica of his was the one she wore Kate Middleton at her wedding to Prince William, another masterpiece designed by Sarah Burton for alexander mcqueen.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
Along with her love for jewelry, elizabeth taylor (London, 1932- Los Angeles, 2011) loved to get married. She did it eight times, but her true love was her fifth and sixth husband: the Welsh Shakespearean Richard Burton. Both were wearing another’s wedding band when they began their romance, on the set of ‘Cleopatra’. They became inseparable and after divorcing their partners, they were married, on March 15, 1964, at the Ritz-Carlton in Montreal. The press called him ‘the marriage of the century’: their passion was seen in gossip magazines and in the cinema, since they filmed 11 films together. They stayed together for 10 years, a period during which Liz gained weight so she wouldn’t be offered roles and could pursue her private life to the detriment of her career. Their unbridled passion was as strong as their alcohol-laced fights.
They divorced in 1974 and, although they remarried a year later in a ceremony held in Botswana, they finally broke up nine months later. “You can’t crash two sticks of dynamite over and over again and not expect them not to explode,” explained the purple-eyed actress.
Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault
Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault They met on April 26, 2006, at an exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, owned by the French businessman, one of the richest men in the world, and owner, among other luxury brands, of Gucci, Balenciaga or Yves Saint Laurent. A year later they announced their engagement and pregnancy, and again on April 26, but in 2009, they were married in a religious ceremony on the same palace along the Venetian Grand Canal.
The night before the couple offered a masked ball for its 200 famous guests, arrived from all over the world with all expenses paid. In that glamorous ceremony they were Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Philippe Starck, Ashley Judd, Prince (who composed the song for him ‘valentine‘, dedicated to the couple’s daughter, then a year and a half), Luis MiguelJacques Chirac -close friend of Hayek’s father-in-law-, Charlize Theron, Bono, Emir Kusturica, Stella McCartney, Woody Harrelson… Each attendee had to go to the link with a gold and black mask to prevent the press from knowing them.
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin
The heartthrob of Hollywood (and of ‘Nespresso. What else?’) George Clooney He left his bachelorhood on September 27, 2014, when he married the lawyer specializing in Human Rights Amal Alamuddin, in a four-day wedding at a luxury Venice resort to which half of Hollywood attended. They had met in Italy and wanted the same country to host their wedding (in addition, Clooney owns a house on Lago Di Como). Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Anna Wintour, Bono, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cindy Crawford, Emily Blunt, among many other famous guests, were seen in the water taxis that transported them from one side of the city to the other. The bride trusted Oscar de la Renta for her dress, and the groom, in Giorgio Armani. Although it was a private event, it was later learned that Lana del Rey sang ‘When I Fall in Love’ by Nat King Coleand that the menu consisted of a dinner of five courses including lemon risotto with lobster.
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas
“Our wedding was a union of religions.” The most famous Indian actress in the world -and former Miss World in the year 2000-, then 36, and the Jonas Brothers singer, a decade younger, sealed their love with two ceremonies, one Hindu and the other Christian. The celebrations of Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas they lasted five days and brought together more than 225 guests, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the groom’s famous brothers and their partners. The wedding took place on December 1, 2018 at the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, India. The western ceremony dress was a spectacular Ralph Lauren hand embroidered white design with sequins and Swarovski crystals, and a 22 meter long veil. The next day they were married by the Hindu rite. The bride, with a red set of top, skirt and veil by designer Sabyasachi Mukherjeecuyaand a diamond necklace, and the groom also dressed in typical Hindu clothing, with the traditional gold colored Dhoti, matching shoes and turban.