{"id":33868,"date":"2021-09-06T22:02:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T12:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=199971"},"modified":"2021-09-06T23:05:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T23:05:01","slug":"anya-taylor-joy-matt-smith-dating-rumours","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/anya-taylor-joy-matt-smith-dating-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Is Convinced The Crown&#8217;s Matt Smith And The Queen\u2019s Gambit\u2019s Anya Taylor-Joy Are Dating"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_199972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199972\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-199972 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1338240158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-199972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VENICE, ITALY &#8211; SEPTEMBER 04: Anya Taylor-Joy and Matt Smith arrive at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2021 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Venice Film Festival is in full swing, with celebrities back to their scheduled boat rides to the red carpet in top-to-toe designer gowns, following the event taking a hiatus due to Covid-19. Everyone from <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/kirsten-dunst-venice-film-festival\/\">Kirsten Dunst<\/a> to Zendaya, Penelope Cruz and <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/timothee-chalamet-cartier\/\">Timothee Chalamet<\/a> have made an appearance in the Italian city, but perhaps no one broke the internet more than when Oscar Isaac decided to take a whiff of his co-star Jessica Chastain\u2019s underarms in the middle of the red carpet:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">do you ever find yourself playing this clip of oscar isaac kissing jessica chastain\u2019s arm on a loop or are you normal <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sWl6tTt2DD\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/sWl6tTt2DD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; divine (@filmsbyanya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/filmsbyanya\/status\/1434491821694980098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">September 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though Isaac and Chastain\u2019s horny moment set everyone off, not least those in lockdown in Australia and New Zealand desperate to touch\u2014or smell?\u2014another human, the hot pair\u2019s chemistry stops there: they\u2019re both happily married (to other people). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But while we\u2019re here, there are rumors of another on-screen couple potentially taking their romance into the real world: that of Matt Smith and Anya Taylor-Joy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Crown<\/em> actor and <em>The Queen&#8217;s Gambit<\/em> actress were attending the festival together for the premiere of their new film, in\u00a0<em>Last Night In Soho<\/em>. On both nights, Taylor-Joy looked like a real-life princess, wearing an embellished pink dress by Rodarte on Saturday, before wearing top-to-toe fuchsia pink Dior on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_199975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199975\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-199975 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1338306679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-199975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VENICE, ITALY &#8211; SEPTEMBER 04: Anya Taylor-Joy is seen arriving at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2021 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_199976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199976\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-199976 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1338317074.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-199976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VENICE, ITALY &#8211; SEPTEMBER 04: Anya Taylor-Joy attends the red carpet of the movie &#8220;Last Night In Soho&#8221; during the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 04, 2021 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the way to the event, photos show the co-stars sitting closely in their boat, with Smith&#8217;s arms draped around Taylor-Joy as she leans into him. Later, Taylor-Joy is pictured fixing Smith&#8217;s hair. Instantly, Twitter went wild with people speculating about a romance between the two, who, to be fair, do look pretty cute together:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A ANYA TAYLOR-JOY E O MATT SMITH, JESUS!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b4Zs6C7i3v\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/b4Zs6C7i3v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kiki (@KikiMioBS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KikiMioBS\/status\/1434192402764468228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">September 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But though it would be a Netflix drama couple made in heaven, Taylor-Joy was later spotted kissing her musician boyfriend Malcolm McRae on their hotel balcony, quashing the rumors in the process.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Taylor-Joy and McRae have been dating since at least April this year, with <em>The Sun<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/15675706\/jack-grealish-amy-childs-chloe-brockett\/\"class=\"body-link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/15675706\/jack-grealish-amy-childs-chloe-brockett\/\" target=\"_blank\">reporting<\/a> in June that McRae \u201chas practically moved into [Taylor-Joy\u2019s] L.A. home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">\u201cThey are inseparable and spend all of their time together,\u201d a source close to Taylor-Joy reportedly told the outlet. \u201cHer schedule is really hectic because she is so in demand following<em>\u00a0The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/em>, but he is always there for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\">The source continued: \u201cMalcolm is practically living with her at her home in L.A. now, and they spend every night together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Smith is seemingly single, following the end of his five-year relationship with British actress Lily James.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9593,"featured_media":33869,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are The Crown&#039;s Matt Smith And The Queen\u2019s Gambit\u2019s Anya Taylor-Joy Dating?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Though Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain\u2019s horny Venice Film Festival moment set everyone off, not least those in lockdown in Australia and New Zealand desperate to touch\u2014or smell?\u2014another human, the hot pair\u2019s chemistry stops there: they\u2019re both happily married (to other people). 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