The 9 heaviest duos in cinema and how they are today

The world of cinema has already given us an infinity of performances that have been intensified by the formation of doubles. Whether it’s a comic partnership like in O Auto da Compadecida, a love story in The Matrix, or a bromance in the ancient and fictional Middle Earth, in The Lord of the Rings, the central relationship between two main characters in a film usually keeps the audience coming back and scream for more.

If there’s one thing that we do awesome.club, we really understand, is the enormous satisfaction we get, as viewers, from witnessing a good dynamic between two characters on screen. That’s why we brought the “before and after” of eight iconic film duos and more a bonus special at the end. Check it out!

In the film in question, Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) are two police officers assigned as partners to solve a case. From then on, they begin to strengthen a friendship and together they fight crime on the streets of Los Angeles. The film soon became a franchise with four sequels.

To the happiness and surprise of many fans, the duo will be back soon. Mel Gibson is set to direct the fifth Lethal Weapon, in which he will also play the police detective. And once again, Danny Glover will be his scene partner.

“I don’t know, I just know that it’s like this…”, with this and other catchphrases, the film became a national passion. Since then, the acting duo Matheus Nachtergaele and Selton Mello has continued to shine in film and TV. Matheus was seen in the series Carcereiros and All Women of the World, on TV Globo, and in the film Cabras da Peste, on Netflix. Selton returned to the screens with the telenovela Nos Tempos do Imperador.

In fiction, the brothers João and Maria form a pair of unbeatable witch hunters who migrate around the world looking for evil beings. In the real world, Jeremy Renner scored a series of successes playing Hawkeye in The Avengers saga. The character also has his own series.

Gemma Arterton continues to work in film. She acted in features such as King’s Man: The Origin and Where Is Heaven. Additionally, in 2018, she set up her own female-led production company: Rebel Park Productions.

Once, the director of the franchise revealed how much Will Smith (Agent J) and Tommy Lee Jones (Agent K) loved each other. To this day, the two actors are close friends and respect each other a lot. The careers of both artists remain active and with numerous successes on screen.

Both continue with stable careers in Hollywood. Some of Tommy Lee Jones’ later hits include: US Marshalls: The Feds, No Country for Old Men, Debt of Honor, Ad Astra: Reach for the Stars and Captain America: The First Avenger. Will Smith continued to win over audiences with films like The Pursuit of Happyness, I Robot, I Am Legend. He was also in Suicide Squad, Gemini Man and the live-action version of Aladdin.

Neo (played by Keanu Reeves) is introduced to the reality of the Matrix by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) and thus a relationship was born between these three, with the friendship between Morpheus and Neo and the love of Neo by Trinity.

In 2022, the lovebirds return to the screen in Matrix Resurrections and prove, once again, that they cannot live without each other. The chemistry between the two is really amazing.

Despite their undeniable chemistry as rebellious thieves without a cause, Faye Dunaway (Bonnie) and Warren Beatty (Clyde) never dated. “We both knew it was going to be the end of the on-screen relationship,” they said in an interview.

Despite not acting together since Bonnie and Clyde, the actors have already met twice to present the Oscar winners, the size of the duo’s relationship.

We couldn’t forget the most iconic bromance in cinema – Frodo and Sam. The coolest thing is that the friendship went beyond the screens, as the two became close friends. After the end of the trilogy, Elijah Wood (Frodo) and Sean Astin (Sam) continued with relevant work in film and TV.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have worked together for decades, and their films have become wildly popular around the world. Pegg is the “creative” of the duo, as he signs the scripts several times as a co-author, with another frequent collaborator of the duo, Edgar Wright. Frost is constantly described as the “funny man”, as he often plays the wacky man-child characters.

The duo has starred in films such as Zombies Party — One Night… of Death, Hot Fuzz, Heroes of the Hangover and Paul — The Fugitive Alien.

They are the eternal duo of the Western Spaghetti genre and protagonists of big screen adventures in the last decades of the last century. The two have starred in, produced and directed over 20 films together. Bud Spencer died aged 86 in Rome. However, his legacy was marked in a special way: the city of Livorno honored him with a statue, and the city of Fontevivo named a street after the actor. Above, a photo of the iconic artist before he left.

Terrence Hill continued acting in film and television, becoming known to new generations especially for his role in the Rai TV series, Don Matteo.

Did any of these duos mark a phase in your life? And what other famous movie partnerships do you like? Comment!