Aaron Taylor-Johnson and wife swoon over each other at 28 Years Later premiere

Daily Mirror

18-06-2025

Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson and his director wife Sam Taylor-Johnson looked as loved up as ever 13 years later from their wedding at the 28 Years Later film premiere
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and director wife Sam Taylor-Johnson had their arms around each other as they attended the glitzy world premiere of new zombie sequel 28 Years Later. The horror is the third film in Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic series - with 35-year-old Aaron taking a leading role in the threequel.
He is playing a character named Jamie, who is a scavenger that is married to Jodie Comer's character Isla. However, the actor only had eyes for his real-life wife as they attended the premiere at London's Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Wednesday night.
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The actor, who is among those said to be in the running to play James Bond, wore a pinstripe waistcoat and trousers along with a dark coloured shirt. He was joined by his 58-year-old wife who looked radiant in a white dress as she joined him on the red carpet.
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Aaron and Sam have been married since 2012 and they met on the set of her 2009 film Nowhere Boy - a biopic about John Lennon. Casting of the film began in September 2008 - and Sam and Aaron began dating soon after they wrapping filming the project.
They tied-the-knot in 2012 and became parents together when they welcomed two daughters, born in 2010 and 2012. Aaron is stepfather to two further daughters that Sam shares with her ex-husband, 61-year-old art dealer Jay Jopling.
She looked proud of her husband as he led fellow cast members and director Danny into a screening of the hotly anticipated film sequel. The first in the series, 2002's 28 Days Later, followed Cillian Murphy's character Jim who awakens in hospital to discover the world has fallen to a zombie virus.
A sequel followed in 2007, 27 weeks later, but none of the original stars returned. This new sequel is tipped to be the beginning of a continuing trilogy of films, with Cillian due to return as his character, Jim.
Jodie Comer was also at the premiere on Wednesday night and shimmered in a glamorous, silver, summer gown. With her hair styled in a sleek bob, the Killing Eve star was spotted joking and laughing with her co-stars on the red carpet.
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She was mirrored by actress Emma Laird, 28, who plays a character named Jimmima in the new movie. Emma also opted for a shimmering silver dress for the premiere.
And fellow stars Alfie Williams and Ralph Fiennes, who are playing characters named Spike and Dr. Ian Kelson respectively. An official synopsis of the new film paints an enticing plot for the new film.
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It reveals: "Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus escaped a medical research laboratory, survivors have found ways to exist amidst the infected.
"One group lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway. When a father and his son leave the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, they discover the secrets, wonders and horrors of the outside world."
Screenwriter Alex Garland, who wrote the first two films in the series, has previously explained that he turned to a classic British film for inspiration while writing the third installment in the 28 franchise.
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He told Screenrant last year: 'I ripped off this film called Kes, a very unexpected thing to rip off in a zombie movie. The script I delivered and Kes, both focused on the experience of a young lad and because I am ripping it off, I wanna direct people to the source material."
He added: "It's a very wonderful film, very moving film, and I've stolen from it.'
Kes was a 1969 British coming-of-age drama directed by Ken Loach and based on the novel A Kestrel for a Knave, written by Barry Hines. The story follows a working class teen called Billy who finds and cares for a fledgling kestrel which he trains in the art of falconry.
The tragic story ends, however, with Billy's half-brother killing the bird in a fit of rage - leaving Billy bereft and devastated. There are plans for 28 Years later to lead to two further films, with a sequel titled 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple already set for release in January 2026.