Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Birthday Tribute To Wife Sam Taylor-Johnson Melts Fans’ Hearts, Defying Skeptics Of 23-Year Age Gap

Aaron Taylor-Johnson took to Instagram to celebrate his wife, Sam Taylor-Johnson, with a heartfelt birthday tribute, calling her “gorgeous” and expressing his deep admiration for her.

The Kick-Ass star posted a montage of photos of Sam alongside a message that read, “💕Happy Birthday, gorgeous! ❤️ Love spending every moment with you 💚💛” The couple, known for their 23-year age gap, has been together for over a decade and continues to prove their relationship is stronger than ever.

>WATCH: SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON DESCRIBES HOW SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH AARON JOHNSON

The two met in 2008 on the set of Nowhere Boy, where Sam directed Aaron in the role of a young John Lennon. They married in 2012 and have since built a life focused on both family and creative collaboration.

Despite their low-profile approach to Hollywood, Aaron and Sam continue to support each other’s careers. Sam is currently working on her next directorial project, while Aaron is rumored to be a frontrunner for the next James Bond role, a potential casting decision that has generated major buzz in the film industry.

In an exclusive interview with uInterview in 2009, Taylor-Johnson revealed why she cast Aaron as John Lennon and then fell in love. “I saw a lot of people and no one really came to the audition with that ability to carry such a role and I knew that Aaron had been on the set of Kick-Ass so when he arrived I didn’t really hold out high expectations,” she said. “I thought you know, he hasn’t had time to research this and I don’t know what he’s gonna bring to this, but he came in the room as Lennon and that was pretty impressive for a first casting.”

Taylor-Johnson went on to explain how the two fell in love, “I don’t know that it evolved during the filming because, you know, I was at work, he was at work, it was a work environment, and we didn’t really mix the two, so that happened when we finished filming.”