Such has been the case for Orlando Bloom.

Eventually, they marry and give birth to a son.

Here’s what we know about the relationship between the two stars.

Orlando Bloom smiling

(Incidentally, he had the same experience with Kirsten Dunst while shooting “Elizabethtown.")

He was “too shy” to make a move, he confided to Stern.

Stars they’re just like us.

Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom

Bloom’s reticence isn’t the only reason he held back.

It turns out that he’s always forbidden himself from dating his coworkers to maintain a sense of professionalism.

I did think that I was going to get killed.

Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom

The evil looks were just unbelievable… Bloom, for his part, kept his words of praise short and simple at the time.

“It was great to work with her.

She’s a young British girl and has a great British sense of humor,” he noted.

Consider the two actors (pirate) ships passing in the night.