Willem Dafoe and wife Giada Colagrande looked happier than ever as they posed on the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice red carpet during Venice Film Festival on Wednesday.
The actor, 69, who portrays Wolf Jackson in the Tim Burton sequel, cosied up to his wife of 19 years Giada, 48, as they posed for photos.
Willem cut a dapper figure for the evening in a navy suit which he teamed with a black satin tie and shiny matching shoes.
Meanwhile Giada looked sensational in a burgundy halterneck gown which boasted a black chunky belt and silver glittering edging.
Showing off her amazing figure in the number, Giada added inches to her frame in a pair of towering heels and styled her dark tresses in neat braids.
Willem Dafoe and wife Giada Colagrande looked happier than ever as they posed on the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice red carpet during Venice Film Festival on Wednesday
The actor, 69, who portrays Wolf Jackson in the Tim Burton sequel, cosied up to his wife of 19 years Giada, 48, as they posed for photos
The couple were all smiles as they posed for photos together before Willem beamed alongside his co-stars ahead of the premiere.
Although they keep their relationship relatively low-key, Willem – who married Giada just one year after they met – previously shared details of his romance with the Italian beauty in an article written for The Guardian.
The lovestruck actor explained: ‘I met my wife on the street in Rome in 2004. I knew of her because I’d seen her films and we had some mutual friends.
‘Getting married was very impulsive and romantic. We were having lunch and I said: “Do you want to get married tomorrow?” I called up City Hall and they said: “If you get here in the next couple of hours, you can register and then you can get married tomorrow.” So we ran down there.
‘We married the next day with just two witnesses, our best friends: my manager and her editor.’
It comes as Winona Ryder passed the baton to Jenna Ortega as they posed together at they also posed at their latest film premiere Beetlejuice 2.
The Stranger Things actress, 52, who starred in the original movie in 1988 when she was 16-years-old, has reprised her role as Lydia in Tim Burton‘s Beetlejuice sequel while Wednesday actress Jenna, 21, portrays her daughter Astrid Deetz.
Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is opening the festival on Thursday.
Willem cut a dapper figure for the evening in a navy suit which he teamed with a black satin tie and shiny matching shoes
Meanwhile Giada looked sensational in a burgundy halterneck gown which boasted a black chunky belt and silver glittering edging
The cast of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice descended onto the carpet (pictured L-R: Catherine O’Hara, Willem Dafoe, Michael Keaton, Monica Belluci, Tim Burton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux and Arthur Conti)
The 81st Venice International Film Festival is organised by La Biennale di Venezia and will be held on the Lido di Venezia from 28 August to 7 September 2024.
As well as Sigourney and the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice cast there is an array of A-listers expected to descend in Venice over the coming days.
George Clooney is already in town, alongside his wife Amal, for the debut of his anticipated new movie Wolfs – the Jon Watts-directed heist thriller that reunites him with Oceans 11 co-star Brad Pitt.
Both George and Brad will be attendance at the September 1 screening.
Brad’s ex wife Angelina Jolie is also due in Venice to promote the film Maria, in which she plays opera legend Maria Callas.
Sources indicate that the schedules have been arranged so that the warring couple – who continue to be embroiled in legal action eight years after they split – will not be at the film festival at the same time.
A synopsis of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice reads: ‘Three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River after an unexpected family tragedy’
Another major screening is Joker: Folie à Deux on September 4. The premiere of the sequel will welcome stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga to the Venice red carpet.
Daniel Craig will also be at the festival to promote his movie Queer, which screens on September 3.
Venice regulars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton are in town for Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut The Room Next Door while Nicole Kidman is screening her erotic thriller Babygirl on August 30.
Pupi Avati’s The American Backyard will close the festival on September 7.
