Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow Relationship Timeline

Funny Valentine’s Day, indeed! When Judd Apatow signed a production contract for the 1996 film The Cable Guyhe had no idea he would meet the love of his life, Leslie Mannduring pre-production.

Or maybe, deep down, he knew something big was about to happen.

“‘There goes the future Mrs. Apatow,'” the USC alum recalled saying, according to an interview the couple did with Elle Magazine in 2012. “I had a soul connection right away. I thought. That’s why I remember him.”

Although Mann was in love with the film’s director, Ben Stillershe decided to skip the casting jitters and see how things went with Apatow.

“I was in a panic. The audition is so tiring – the actress recalled.

Still, she agreed to join Apatow for dinner at his house before a basketball game, where the producer served “spaghetti with ragu sauce and Wonder Bread with Fleischmann’s margarine” before showing Freaks and nerds alum his favorite parts of his 1995 film Heavyweights.

“He was trying to impress me,” Mann noted.

Although she decided she was in love the morning after the date, Apatow claims he knew the feeling at first sight.

The comedy duo married soon after on June 9, 1997 in Los Angeles and welcomed a daughter Maude and Iris December 1997 and October 2002. The girls appeared in several of their parents’ films, including Knocked Up, Funny People and This is the 40thwhich turns out to make for an interesting — and hilarious — work dynamic.

“What I think was so great about Maude was that she could really imagine what a teenage meltdown looked like, do it on film, kick ass – and then go home and enjoy it right, two hours later,” he said. is Apatow The rolling stone of his eldest child in June 2020, contemplating her return This is the 40th.

When asked if he is worried about his children entering show business, v King of Staten Island the director joked: “There were times when I thought, ‘Maybe if I kept talking about other professions, my kids would be more interested in those professions.’ Like, if I always talked about international law, they would want to be lawyers.”

Overall, though, Apatow and Mann are more than supportive of their daughters’ aspirations — but have encouraged them to finish high school before getting too involved in the Hollywood world.

“I’m really glad I ended up staying in high school,” Maude told the outlet. “I feel like I was ready when they let me act on my own.