Before 2005, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were two seemingly unrelated A-listers who were icons in their own right, beloved separately by the entirety of their individual fanbase. But the year Mr. & Mrs. Smith came out, a tectonic shift marked a generational change in the atmosphere that encompassed the whole of Hollywood. Brangelina went on to become a sensation, a phenomenon, and the definition of Hollywood royalty in the decade that followed.

And in that time, the sheer power and beauty exuded by the alluring couple made celebrities and civilians fall head over heels in love with the pair – so much so, in fact, that Adele dedicated a concert to the couple when the two announced their split in 2016. The entire world mourned the occasion that was decidedly labeled as “the end of an era” by the Grammy-winning singer during her live appearance at Madison Square Garden.

But the beginning of the frenzied romance that went on to shatter more hearts than is worth counting was not all that gala in retrospect.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie Makes a Bold Impression on Brad Pitt

While Mr. & Mrs. Smith began filming, the partnership that was quickly founded between the movie’s two lead stars was more explicit than the Jen-Brad shippers would like to believe. During the course of filming, the future Mrs. Pitt would make a bold statement on set that likely shifted the entire foundation upon which their budding friendship had begun to formulate.

According to a source from the set of the 2005 film, “She shunned the suit and climbed in bed with him naked. It’s the biggest thing we all remember from that film.”

The former bodyguard of the Eternals actress also mentioned how the pair would act like school kids around each other and how he was not at all surprised to hear when the two tied the knot years later.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Brangelina: A Saga of Love, Heartache, and Betrayal

During the filming of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, one of the most beloved action rom-coms to have ever been churned out by Hollywood, Angelina Jolie, and Brad Pitt spent a fateful few months filming what would be the movie that riled up the entire world.

Back then, the news of a Pitt-Jolie affair on the set of the action movie shattered the illusion of the perfect, happy, and fashionable “it” couple that was Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, and it made a lot of people angry. Jolie was quick to become the other woman.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the premiere of Salt

But within the year, framed by a narrative of true love and a steamy romance, made even more believable after the release of their 2005 movie, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the world tilted on its axis as Aniston was reluctantly sidelined (with much heartache and sympathy) for the royal Brangelina. The couple’s six children provided the foundation for their powerful family and they also became the reason why Jolie would file for a divorce 11 years later, citing her need to protect them and ensure their well-being.

The third act, which was followed by a quick FBI follow-up and a lengthy, nerve-racking feud over a French winery, was too technical and unromantic at the core for the audience’s taste. Now, the pair have both moved on with their lives as Angelina Jolie finds peace with her coven of six and Pitt tours the globe with the insinuations of a brewing new romance with Ines de Ramon nipping at his heels.