Kyra Sedgwick Says She and Husband Kevin Bacon 'Have to Hide' This One Thing When They Work Together

Mar. 15, 2025

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick on the set of their upcoming film ‘Connescene’.Photo:Kyra Sedgwick/instagram

Kyra Sedgwick/instagram

WhenKevin BaconandKyra Sedgwickclock into work, they have to leave their decades-long rapport at the door.

The longtime couple, who met on the set of 1988’sLemon Skyand again joined forces for the 2004 filmsCavedwellerandThe Woodsman,arereuniting as costarsin the upcoming filmConnescence.

On Monday’s episode ofThe View, Sedgwick, 58, explained the difficulty of concealing the chemistry they’ve developed throughover 35 years of marriagewhen acting together.

After host Sara Haines asked the actress if being in love makes it easier to play love interests onscreen, Sedgwick said sometimes it has the exact opposite effect.

“I think the thing that you have to hide is the fact that you’ve known each other for 35 years,” she said. “You’re usually playing strangers who meet.”

She continued, “It’s a rom-com — it’s far from coming out so don’t go looking for it yet — and hopefully we’re good enough actors that you will believe us and buy into these characters. And of course you will, because it’s not us at all.”

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick in ‘The Woodsman’.Dash/Lee Daniels/Kobal/Shutterstock

Dash/Lee Daniels/Kobal/Shutterstock

And Sedgwick has nothing but good things to say about working with her longtime beau, 65, on the upcoming rom-com, telling the hosts that “it’s great working together.”

“It’s really fun,” she added.

Reflecting on another one of the couple’s on-screen moments together, Haines brought up the pair’s “crazy intimacy scene” in the 1991 filmPyrates.

“That’s right, that’s right,” Sedgwick recalled of the film, which follows a couple whose intimate moments cause fires.

“So wasthatharder,” Haines said, and the actress agreed, “Yes, definitely.”

“‘Cause again, you’re trying to make it look like this is the first time,” Sedgwick added. “And it’s definitely not!”

Last month, Sedgwick shared aphotoof herself and Baconbehind the scenes ofConnescenceon Instagram, where the couple has built up quite the audience with their sweet (and musical!)couple’s content.

She captioned the picture, a shot of the pair smiling and posing arm-in-arm, “On set shooting Connescence with my favorite scene partner.”

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Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.Paras Griffin/Getty

Paras Griffin/Getty

“From this chance encounter grows a charged and dynamic friendship — first as late-night text sessions filled with humor and intimate revelations, growing into something that shakes the foundation of both their lives,” reads the synopsis, perDeadline.

Also joining Bacon and Sedgwick on the project is the couple’s sonTravis, 34, who composed the film’s music. The pair also share a daughter,Sosie, 32, who followed in her parents’ actor footsteps.

“It’s greatworking with your family, and it’s complicated working with your family,” Sedgwick told PEOPLE in March 2023.

“But you know no one’s going anywhere, so that’s kind of nice,” she added. “You can struggle through it and puzzle through it together.”

source: people.com