If just 1 Las Vegas excursion experienced long gone a little bit otherwise a couple many years ago, Aubrey Plaza would now be Michael Cera’s ex-spouse. The two actors have kept most of the facts about their previous connection non-public — it was only in current decades that Plaza even unveiled they’d dated — but now Cera is opening up about 1 major action they virtually took collectively… even if they didn’t see it as anything at all significant. The purpose Cera and Plaza almost obtained married is undoubtedly not what you’d expect, but it’s also type of fantastic thinking of their senses of humor.

Cera and Plaza dated from all through 2009 to the end of 2010 when they were being filming Scott Pilgrim vs. the Planet with each other. But nobody ever definitely realized they were being jointly. It was not right up until Plaza verified she and Cera had dated through a 2016 podcast visual appearance that the romantic relationship became public understanding. And Cera exposed an even bigger shocker through his June 16 interview with Rolling Stone: There was just about a marriage ceremony.

When the two were being on a road journey to Vegas back again in the day, they obtained a unexpected urge to get hitched. “We ended up driving by Vegas, and we just about just spontaneously took a detour and bought married,” Cera stated. But they weren’t planning on staying married lengthy. Their real system was to divorce immediately later on, so they could go all in on a bit. “I imagine the strategy was to then get a divorce ideal away, so we could connect with every single other ‘my ex-husband’ and ‘my ex-wife’ at like, 20.”

But of class, Cera is basically Plaza’s ex-boyfriend, not her ex-spouse. Now, he is raising a son with his longtime associate Nadine, though Plaza is married to screenwriter Jeff Baena. While their romance didn’t perform out, Cera and Plaza remain friendly, and will even reunite to perform with each other once again in Netflix’s approaching Scott Pilgrim vs. the Earth anime series.

Right after sharing his nearly-marriage ceremony tale, Cera praised Plaza’s the latest successes, admitting he’s not astonished that she’s slaying the video game proper now. “She’s generally been so committed to all the things she does,” he said. “It’s not astonishing to me that she’s carrying out seriously properly. The factor that’s shocking to me is how significantly she’s generating and putting together projects. It’s incredible. Ingrid Goes West? That was so good.”