Despite eventually falling in love with each other, Jeff Bridges did have a tough time asking out his now-wife Susan Geston. In his letter for Good Housekeeping, the actor wrote about how infatuated he was with Geston when he spotted her while filming a scene in “Rancho Deluxe.” Bridges told the magazine, “Not only was she gorgeous, but she had two black eyes and a recently broken nose (from a car accident, I later learned). Something about her beauty and disfigurement kept me riveted.”

“The Big Lebowski” actor shared that he decided to ask out Geston that same day after he finished his work. But, when he did, the actor didn’t receive the answer he had hoped for. Geston rejected the date with Bridges not once but twice. Geston did leave the actor with some hope as she told him, “…it’s a small town; maybe we’ll run into each other later.” The universe seemed to be on Bridges’ side because the two did in fact end up running into each other and falling in love.

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As time went on, it was evident not only to Bridges that he found the one, but also to Geston. In fact, Bridges revealed to Today that a photographer on the set of “Rancho Deluxe” snapped him and Geston’s first conversation together. The two would go on to receive copies of the picture, which they both keep in their wallets after all these years.