Tom Cullen & Tatiana Maslany On ‘The Other Half,’ Their Relationship [VIDEO]

Tatiana Maslany and Tom Cullen play a couple in their new film, The Other Half — and they are also a romantic pair in real life as well. The two have dated for the last five years, after meeting on the set of TV series World Without End.

“One of the scariest scenes was just the very first scene we ever shot together. Tom and I are obviously in a relationship and we know each other extremely well. And suddenly we’re doing a scene where it’s our first date, and we’re kind of like, why are we acting? Why are you wearing these clothes? We both kind of like, after the rehearsal, looked at each other, like, this is horrible,” Maslany told uInterview exclusively. “We’ll never be able to get through this. I can’t, you can’t take me seriously. It was just so bizarre.”

Cullen had a deep appreciation for being on the set with people he was familiar with. “There’s a real emotional rawness to the film, which as an actor, is a really scary place to go to,” Cullen told uInterview. “It’s always quite hard work to strip everything away. A lot of it was really difficult, but it was great to work with friends in a safe environment. Which means you can go to quite difficult places.”

In The Other Half, Cullen plays Nickie, a man overwhelmed with grief after his brother had disappeared five years ago. Maslany portrays Emily, a woman suffering from bipolar disorder, a mental disorder characterized by alternating periods of elation and depression.

“I think their initial attraction is that they recognize there is a big hole in their stomachs, and they’re two people who are in pain, and they recognize that pain in each other,” Cullens said of the characters’ dynamic. “So with they do is they offer up each other a chance of something better, and redemption, and it works for a while.”

The Other Half hits theaters on March 10. Check out the mesmerizing trailer below: