Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds: Timeline to a Top-Secret Marriage

From their Green Lantern days to rumors about real estate, marriage and more, get a romance recap for these newlyweds

By Bruna Nessif Sep 10, 2012 1:00 PMTags
Blake Lively, Ryan ReynoldsKevin Winter/Getty Images

Ryan Reynold and Blake Lively got hitched!

Yup, the Hollywood hotties, who never even announced an engagement, went off and got married in South Carolina Sunday night in a very secretive and intimate ceremony with close friends and family.

But ever since these two got together, it's been a whirlwind romance.

You don't remember?

March 15, 2010: Production begins on The Green Lantern, with Reynolds playing the titular hero and Lively his love interest. "They had a great chemistry from day one," an on-set source tells E! News. "They really clicked with one another and you could tell a great friendship developing...I actually think they took a cooking class together at one point. I know they spent time off the set, and not just on it."

Dec. 14, 2010: Reynolds and wife Scarlett Johansson officially separate. Just days later, they announce they are divorcing.

June 15, 2011: Lively and Reynolds hit the red carpet for The Green Lantern—at the time they appeared to be simply chummy costars. She had been romanced by Leonardo DiCaprio. He had been spending quality time with "good friend" Sandra Bullock following his split with Johansson.

Oct. 2, 2011: A couple alert on these two was set off after they were spotted at a Radiohead show and sushi dinner over the weekend.

Oct. 3, 2011: Blake and Ryan were seen having an extremely early (not even 5 a.m.) smoochfest while waiting for a train at Boston's Back Bay station.

Oct. 22, 2011: The actress was seen leaving Reynold's Boston apartment in the morning.

Oct. 25, 2011: Blake sent her dog, Penny, out to visit Ryan on the set of R.I.P.D. in Boston as a birthday surprise, and the small puppy was decorated with a bunch of balloons!

April 23: The couple supposedly purchased a "beautiful country home" in Bedford, N.Y., about an hour outside of their New York City stomping grounds, but a source told E! News the home was only in Lively's name.

July 8: Wedding rumors started swirling after a police report (filed by Reynolds who complained that a photographer was following him) stated, "upon arrival I spoke with Ryan Reynolds and his wife," and referred to this so-called wife another time in the report as well. They were just a couple months too early.

Sept. 9: Lively, 25, and Reynolds, 35, get married at Boone Hall Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., just outside of Charleston. The newlywed's reception took place underneath a large white tent with music from Lively's friend Florence Welch (yes, she of Florence + the Machine) and a DJ for other tunes.

—Additional reporting by Melanie Bromley