By April MacIntyre Oct 20, 2008, 22:16 GMT
Rose McGowan has announced she and director Robert Rodriguez are engaged to be married.
Rose McGowan leaves the stage after a press conference for Canadian director Kari Skogland's film 'Fifty Dead Men Walking' at the 33rd annual Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, Canada, 10 September 2008. EPA/WARREN TODA
The couple met and began a relationship during the making of the "Grindhouse" double-feature that included "Planet Terror" and "Death Proof", both of which starred McGowan.
McGowan told reporters of the engagement at last weekend's Hollywood Style Awards that she and the cult director are planning to marry in 2009.
"I am engaged," and shared that Rodriguez had proposed to her in September after divorcing his first wife Elizabeth, the mother of his five children.
Rodriguez officially announced in April 2006 that he and his wife Elizabeth Avellán separated after 16 years of marriage. The media reported that Rodriguez had an affair with McGowan during the shooting of "Grindhouse," with speculation that his reported hiatus during production may have been due to his wife finding out.
Rodriguez' production company co-owned with Elizabeth, Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas, released the following statement during that time:
"Elizabeth Avellán and Robert Rodriguez were separated long before the Grindhouse production began. Their separation and subsequent divorce were very amicable and they opted to continue as planned, and to produce the film together -- a decision they informed Bob and Harvey Weinstein (co-chairmen of The Weinstein Company, distributor of Grindhouse) about prior to the start of production on Grindhouse. Robert and Elizabeth plan to produce Sin City 2 together -- with Robert directing -- for Dimension Films in the coming months. The hiatus during the production of Grindhouse had nothing to do with Robert's personal life. On April 10, 2006, after shooting for 5 weeks, Robert completed principal photography of the first phase of his segment of Grindhouse. He took a hiatus from shooting to assemble the footage he had already shot and determine his next steps in the production, which is the same successful approach he utilized with Sin City when he shot the film in two parts."
Then, May 2007, Rodriguez confirmed his relationship with McGowan when they appeared together at the 60th Annual Cannes Film Festival.
The actress admits she has her perfect wedding in her sights. She tells In Touch magazine, "I just want to go to an island and pay someone else to deal with it (ceremony)."
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