Brendan Fraser and Afton Smith dated for five years and got married in 1998. Winona Ryder played a cute little part in their relationship, as they met at her July 4th party in 1993. Ryder was already an established Hollywood darling at this point, with movies like “Heathers,” “Beetlejuice,” and “Reality Bites,” a classic indie that also featured Afton Smith.
Fraser, on the other hand, was a fresh new face to the scene. By 1993, Fraser was in popular movies including “Encino Man” (with fellow future Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan) and “School Ties,” which co-starred a young Matt Damon. Damon started dating Ryder a few years later in 1998, leading to a whirlwind, tragic romance that made Damon swear off dating fellow celebrities.
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When it came to Fraser and Smith, though, the “Gods and Monsters” actor was devoted. “It’s very beautiful to watch a man’s love for his wife be expressed so tenderly,” Fraser’s “Looney Tunes: Back in Action” co-star Jenna Elfman told USA Weekend in 2003. Fraser said of his wife at the time, “I knew I could combine my personal and professional ambitions and have a friend to be within her. Five years later she did me the honor of being my wife.”
