'Wanted to be civil' Martin Freeman admits filming was 'no fun' amid split from co-star

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BBC drama The Responder. However, many viewers may be left wanting to know more about the popular actor’s life outside of acting.Martin used to be married to his Sherlock co-star Amanda Abbingdon.However, the pair, who have two children together, split back in 2016.Martin candidly explained how during the time of their marriage breakdown, they were actually working together on the BBC show.As a result, the actor shared how the experience of filming “wasn’t very fun”.Martin opened up to Lauren Laverne about this in an unearthed chat from Desert Island Discs.Speaking in March 2019, the Hobbit actor explained how they met back in 2000 before hitting it off immediately.They were together for 16 years before parting, and Martin said she was still one of his “favourite actors”Asked about working together on Sherlock, he said: "Awful!

No, it was good, I really love working with her."By the time of the last Sherlock that we've done, we were sort of in the midst of splitting up, so that wasn't that much fun.“But when we weren't in that midst it was great."Martin also shared how he had hoped to remain “civil” for both the children and themselves.He added: “Because when you’ve loved someone for that long and they have been such an integral part of your life, what – that is supposed to not count now?”Martin is now in a relationship with French actress Rachel Mariam, 29.The couple has been spotted together since 2020, including being snapped at the Raindance Film Festival.While Amanda is engaged to stuntman and self-proclaimed “daredevil” Jonathan Goodwin.Recently, Amanda’s new fiance Jonathan admitted he was a “lucky man” to be with her.This comes after Amanda posted a new selfie of herself on Twitter to mark a new profile.