Eva so close

Luminaries lovers had intense four-year relationship after meeting on film set

- HALINA WATTS

THERE’S a good reason for the chemistry between Marton Csokas and Eva Green in The Luminaries… they were once a couple in real life.

We can reveal former Bond girl Eva and her co-star enjoyed an intense four-year relationship.

They fell for each other after starring in 2005 epic Kingdom of Heaven. But the couple split in 2009, with Eva saying: “It can be difficult to keep a relationship going when you’re apart, filming.”

Now the former lovebirds have been thrown together in dramatic TV scenes.

In the third episode of BBC hit The Luminaries, viewers saw Eva’s villainous character Lydia Wells expressing her love for scheming Francis Carver, alias Csokas.