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John C. Reillyand his wife Alison Dickey have been married for over 30 years.
TheStep Brothersactor and Dickey, an independent producer, met on the set of the filmCasualties of Warin 1989 and married in 1992, perIndieWire.
“We’ve been together a long time,” Dickey told the publication in 2018. “I’ve seen the whole trajectory of his career. I’m so well aware of what he’s capable of doing. I always feel somewhat satisfied and somewhat unsatisfied after I watch a film of his, just in terms of wanting to get the whole palette.”
Dickey worked as a producer before she met Reilly and has continued in her career since, even working with her husband on passion projects such as 2018’sThe Sisters Brothers.
In 1998, the couple welcomed their first son, Leo, together. A few years later, their second son, Arlo, was born.
So who is John C. Reilly’s wife? Here’s everything to know about Alison Dickey, the producer married to theWinning Timeactor.
She met Reilly in 1989
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According toIndieWire, Dickey met Reilly in 1989 while on the set of the filmCasualties of War. Reilly was working as an assistant to actorSean Penn, and Reilly starred in the film.
She married Reilly in 1992
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Dickey and Reilly married three years later in 1992.
Reilly, who is known for playing some unhappy husbands in movies likeChicagoandThe Good Girl,told BBC in 2003 that while his characters struggle in their relationships, he doesn’t experience the same.
“I have to say that I’m happily married, very happily married, in real life," he said. “Happy marriages don’t get depicted in movies very often because they are not very dramatic.”
She and Reilly have two sons
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The couple have two children together: sonsLeoand Arlo Reilly.
Arlo is also a model wholoves to surf and skateboard.
Reilly and Dickey have a close relationship with their sons and raised them in a creative and artsy home where electronics were restricted, perGQ. Reilly told the outlet being married to Dickey and having his children “were nurturing me and sustaining me in my life” as an actor.
In 2008, Reilly toldParade, “I dread the day when [his kids] leave the house,” adding, “I really depend on my kids for company.”
She’s a film producer
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Like her husband, Dickey also works in Hollywood, but behind the camera as a producer.
“We were out there in the middle of the jungle in Thailand, and I was watching Art Vinson produce that movie with a really fantastic international crew,” she toldIndieWireabout working onCasualties of War. “It was incredible. At that point, I realized I wanted to switch to physical production. I changed gears and worked my way up, learning the ropes.”
She’s produced some of Reilly’s films
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Dickey and Reilly have also collaborated professionally. The first film Dickey produced that her husband acted in was 2011’sTerri,perIndieWire.Dickey also inspired Reilly to star in the Mark and Jay Duplass filmCyrus.
The couple worked together again forThe Sisters Brothers, which took seven years to develop.
“One of the beautiful things about his performance in the film is that it really showcases his range both as a dramatic actor, but also being able to find comedy in a situation,” Dickey told the publication. “That’s what John’s interested in. Comedy just comes out of reality. That’s one of the beautiful things about his acting. It’s just so tied to truth.”
Dickey said that when she got the script, “I couldn’t believe what I was reading.”
“I got John to read it, because my enthusiasm was off the charts … We started getting the Hollywood phone calls,” she said. “We knew we needed to stay the course to make the best possible movie.”
She inspired Reilly to also become a producer
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Dickey’s work as a producer also inspired Reilly to work behind the camera. Not only did he act in the filmThe Sisters Brothers, but it was also his first time producing a film.
“This naturally happens when you’re a performer and you’ve been doing this as long as I have,” Reilly toldIndieWire. “It was a lot of work, but it was immensely satisfying to know that I gave everything I possibly could do it all along the way.”
She describes their relationship as a “creative partnership”
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Dickey shared withIndieWirethat the couple are able to work on their professional endeavors together while maintaining a “creative partnership.”
“We both have our own careers, and that’s the lovely thing about our partnership,” she said. “In a way, I feel like we’re always working together, because it’s the place we find in our conversation about our work that allows us to work independently. We really value each other’s opinions and it’s great to have that kind of personal and creative partnership.”
She added, “We do our thing, and we come home, and we can be a foil for each other.”
source: people.com
