Side by side: Will Smith and Margot Robbie were photographed together at the premiere of Suicide Squad in London in August 2016
April 2013: Rumors of a public marriage swirl after Jada says on HuffPost Live: ‘I always tell Will: “You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in mirror and feel fine.”‘
June-September 2013: Margot films Suite Francaise in France and Belgium and on set meets assistant director Tom Ackerley, who eventually becomes her boyfriend.
September 2013: The movie Focus, starring Will and Margot, begins filming in New Orleans, Louisiana.
High-five: Will and appeared on wife Jada Pinkett-Smith’s Red Table Talk show this Friday, where she confessed to having an affair with singer August Alsina
November 2013: Margot, then 23, is forced to deny contact with Will, then 45, after Star posts happy photos of them together.
One photo shows Will from behind as he wraps his arms around Margot’s neck while they make playful faces for the camera.
In another photo, Margot pulls up her shirt to reveal her bra, while IllW pulls up his shirt and touches his bare chest to her back.
However, after Star posted these photos, Margot tweeted: ”I’ve been working non-stop, just to catch my breath. There is absolutely no truth to the ridiculous rumor in Star magazine…’ and added that ‘It is disappointing that on-set banter can be taken out of context’.
December 2013: Principal photography for Focus in New York City.
February 2015: Will and Margot embark on multiple joint interviews while promoting Focus ahead of its release that month.
Throwback: The first film Will and Margot starred in together was the 2015 film Focus, filmed from September to December 2013
April-August 2015: Principal photography takes place on Suicide Squad, the first film reuniting Will and Margot since Focus.
August 2016: Suicide Squad hits theaters after reshoots earlier that year, becoming a box office smash despite poor reviews.
December 2016: Margot married Tom in Byron Bay, New South Wales, her native Australia.
July 2020: Will and Jada discuss the difficult period in their marriage when she ‘got stuck’ with August. Even though Will said he would ‘take you back’ during that time, Jada said with a laugh: ‘I think you took me back. I think we’re good at that, okay?’
In the same episode of Red Table Talk, he said that ‘being able to make mistakes without fear of losing your family is very important.’
About the character: Will and Margot reunited on screen in the 2016 comic book movie Suicide Squad, in which she was portrayed as Harley Quinn