Aaron Taylor-Johnson Speaks Out On 'Bizarre' Interest In 23-Year Age Gap With His Wife

As fans await word on whether hes landed the role of James Bond, Aaron Taylor-Johnson is taking time to address the lingering discourse over his marriage to filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, who is 23 years his senior. 

The couple met while working on the 2009 John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, when Aaron was 18 and Sam was 41. They welcomed their first daughter together, Wylda Rae, in 2010. They were married in 2012, the same year their second daughter, Romy Hero, was born. 

In an interview with Rolling Stone U.K. , Aaron Taylor-Johnson discussed the public fascination with his 12-year marriage. What you gotta realize, he told the publication, is that what most people were doing in their 20s, I was doing when I was 13.

He added: Youre doing something too quickly for someone else? I dont understand that. What speed are you supposed to enjoy life at? Its bizarre to me. 

Not surprisingly, the Kick-Ass and Nocturnal Animals actor has had to field questions about the age gap numerous times throughout his career.

In 2017, he acknowledged that the media frenzy over his relationship had been intrusive but suggested there was a silver lining. 

Having to deal with that early in my career probably got me to a place where I can more quickly just go, Oh, fuck it instead of wanting to rip someones head off for asking questions I dont like, he told New York Magazines Vulture . 

And in a chat with Esquire last year, he said starting a family early was always part of his life plan: I knew I was going to be a young father. I knew I was going to have many kids.

Elsewhere in his Rolling Stone U.K . chat, Aaron Taylor-Johnson praised Sam Taylor-Johnsons directing skills, calling his wife a great filmmaker and a wonderful storyteller. He also believes viewers will be dazzled by Back to Black , Sam Taylor-Johnsons forthcoming Amy Winehouse biopic.

Everyones going to realize how fantastic a filmmaker she is, he said, 

One thing he wont discuss, however, is the numerous reports that hes signed on to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond in the next installment of the007 franchise. Instead, he shifted the focus of his Rolling Stone chat to The Fall Guy , his forthcoming action thriller with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, among other projects. 

I can only really talk about the things Im going to show and tell, he said.