Gemma Chan says Dominic Cooper is “incredibly helpful”.
The 39-year-old actress lives with Dominic in Primrose Hill, London and their rescue cats Mr Kitty and Gemma have revealed how Dominic, 44, always leads side by side, especially when he helped launch the UK #StopAsianHate campaign . During the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gemma told Harper’s Bazaar UK: “I think I am very fortunate to be in a relationship where we can talk about anything. Dom was very understanding and sympathetic. How I was feeling during that time “I was quite open about this and he was incredibly helpful. I definitely didn’t feel like I had to do everything on my own. I’m really, really lucky.”
Meanwhile, Gemma and Dominic have both worked with Meryl Streep in 2020’s “Let Them All Talk” – Gemma and Dominic in “Mamma Mia” – and Gemma admitted that before improvising a scene with the screen icon She had hardly slept at night.
She said: “I don’t know how many nights I slept before. I was honestly so nervous – that’s when I wished there was a script. I was like – this could be absolutely crash-and-burn time.
“She’s really cute but I mean I don’t want to get on the wrong side of her.”