{"id":35726,"date":"2025-07-25T07:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/35726\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T07:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:03:09","slug":"winona-ryder-was-absolutely-in-love-with-al-pacino-in-the-mid-90s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/35726\/","title":{"rendered":"Winona Ryder was &#8216;absolutely in love with Al Pacino&#8217; in the mid-&#8217;90s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the \u201990s, Winona Ryder was a girl, interrupted by love.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/01\/entertainment\/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-star-winona-ryder-reveals-what-soured-her-on-making-movies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The actress, 53,<\/a> got candid about her feelings for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/18\/entertainment\/al-pacino-still-haunted-by-childhood-injury-to-penis-pain\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Al Pacino <\/a>while collaborating in the late \u201990s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was absolutely in love with Al Pacino when I was working with him,\u201d Ryder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/uk\/life-and-culture\/culture\/a65473433\/winona-ryder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">confessed to Elle<\/a> in an interview published on Wednesday. \u201cWe were doing that workshop for\u00a0\u2018Richard III,\u2019 which I didn\u2019t know was gonna be a movie. I was actively in love with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Winona Ryder and Al Pacino in the 1996 film \u201cLooking for Richard.\u201d \u00a9Fox Searchlight\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Winona Ryder and Al Pacino in the 2002 film \u201cS1m0ne.\u201d \u00a9New Line Cinema\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>After working on \u201cRichard III,\u201d the production was turned into the 1996 documentary drama \u201cLooking for Richard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was obsessed with coffee, and he would take me all over New York \u2013 like, to the weirdest places \u2013 to try different coffees,\u201d Ryder recalled. \u201cI\u2019m 22, or whatever. Finally, he\u2019s dropping me off wherever I\u2019m staying, and I\u2019m like, \u2018I love you, you know. I really am completely in love with you.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pacino, now 85, tried to let the \u201cStranger Things\u201d star down easy.<\/p>\n<p>Winona Ryder and Al Pacino in the audience during the 35th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Al Pacino. Getty Images for AFI<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he was like, \u2018Aw, honey, noooo,&#8217;\u201d Ryder shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, like 10 years later, I meet his girlfriend, who\u2019s younger than me,\u201d she revealed with a laugh. <\/p>\n<p>At the time, Pacino was tied to Argentine actress\u00a0Lucila Sol\u00e1 from 2008 to 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Winona Ryder supports Al Pacino during the 35th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute. Getty Images for AFI<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDude, I\u2019m f \u2013 \u2013 king throwing myself at you,\u201d Ryder added before noting, \u201cI still play poker with him sometimes. It\u2019s the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pacino and Ryder reunited for the 2002 comedy sci-fi\u00a0film \u201cS1m0ne,\u201d but their friendship remained strictly platonic.<\/p>\n<p>She also supported the \u201cHouse of Gucci\u201d alum while he received the 35th AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Winona Ryder and Al Pacino smile together for a photo in 2007. Getty Images for AFI<\/p>\n<p>Ryder has been with her partner, Scott Mackinlay Hahn, for fourteen years. The couple reportedly first met at the 2010 premiere of \u201cBlack Swan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if she would consider having kids, the \u201cBeetlejuice\u201d actress explained to\u00a0Elle, \u201cThere was a time that I was really thinking about it, but I hadn\u2019t met Scott.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ryder noted that while the two do plan on tying the knot, she already considers Hahn her husband. <\/p>\n<p>Al Pacino and Lucia Sola during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>However, she was \u201cnever the girl who dreamt of a wedding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite her global stardom, Ryder and Hahn enjoy being homebodies. In fact, Ryder couldn\u2019t help but gush over the fashion designer\u2019s skills in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has this gift that my mom had, which is making healthy food delicious,\u201d she detailed. \u201cHe made a curry last night that was better than any curry I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/culture\/film-tv\/a40240885\/winona-ryder-is-still-processing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/a>\u00a0in 2022, Ryder admitted that when she and Hahn first met, he didn\u2019t know who she was.<\/p>\n<p>Al Pacino and Lucia Sola arrive at the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe thought I was Milla Jovovich,\u201d Ryder said. \u201cHe told me I was great in\u00a0\u2018The Fifth Element.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But Hahn being out of the public eye is actually a benefit for the star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe connected on so many levels,\u201d she went on. \u201cBut it was amazing that he\u2019s not in this business \u2026. I really did try to keep it quiet,\u201d she told the publication of their romance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott Mackinlay Hahn and Winona Ryder. Getty Images for Netflix<\/p>\n<p>For Pacino\u2019s part, the actor <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/07\/al-pacinos-girlfriend-noor-alfallah-files-for-physical-custody-of-son\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">welcomed a baby boy,\u00a0Roman<\/a>, with his then-29-year-old girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGodfather\u201d star is also a dad to his daughter, Julie, with ex-girlfriend Jan Tarrant.<\/p>\n<p>From 1997 to 2004, Pacino dated Beverly D\u2019Angelo, and the two welcomed twins Anton and Olivia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Winona Ryder and Scott Mackinlay Hahn attend the UK premiere of \u201cBeetlejuice Beetlejuice.\u201d WireImage<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m responsible to them,\u201d Pacino stated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/09\/15\/caught-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/09\/15\/caught-act\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0New Yorker<\/a> in 2014 about being a dad. \u201cI\u2019m a part of their life. When I\u2019m not, it\u2019s upsetting to me and to them. So that\u2019s part of the gestalt. And I get a lot from it. It takes you out of yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite never having been married, the Hollywood veteran was also romantically linked to\u00a0Diane Keaton.<\/p>\n<p>Al Pacino and Noor Alfallah arrive for a music video shoot with Bad Bunny on Aug. 24, 2023. GC Images<\/p>\n<p>But he also hasn\u2019t completely turned down the prospect of walking down the aisle one day, either.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course it\u2019s possible [I\u2019ll get married]. It seems beside the point though,\u201d Pacino told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2015\/03\/08\/al-pacino-hasnt-ruled-out-marriage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the\u00a0Boston Herald<\/a>\u00a0in 2015. \u201cI have no idea, but I never say never.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the \u201990s, Winona Ryder was a girl, interrupted by love. 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