Late last year, Michael Fassbender set off to New Zealand and Australia to film one of our most hated Celebitchy Book Club selections, The Light Between Oceans. Fassy plays the ruggedly handsome World War I veteran, Tom, who falls in love with a strong-willed crazy woman named Isabel. Alicia Vikander was cast as Isabel. If the movie is anything like the book, there will probably be lots of scenes just between Vikander and Fassy. And wouldn’t you know, soon after they began filming, there were rumors that Alicia and Michael had developed an off-camera romance as well. Fassy does have a habit of romancing his costars (Zoe Kravitz, Nicole Beharie, possibly Lupita Nyong’o), and by last December, “sources” said Alicia and Michael were the real thing, that they were “dating” and not just having a torrid hookup.

And since then, months have passed. Michel’s good at starting work romances but he’s not so great at keeping them going for much longer than it takes to release the film. He’s apparently in San Francisco, working on the Steve Jobs bio-pic. And Alicia is in Europe, working with Eddie Redmayne. Are Fassy and Alicia still together? Well, a recent interview with Alicia seems to indicate that her mind is on all things German-Irish and hot.

Swedish actress Alicia Vikander has broken hearts across the globe as she opens up about her rumoured Irish boyfriend Michael Fassbender. Gushing about working with the Oscar nominee she said: “It was wonderful working with Michael on that film because he’s such an accomplished actor. And person. Every film he’s in, you can see that he’s thought about and chosen quite carefully. And he’s done some amazing work, from Hunger to Fish Tank. I really admired him in those films when I saw them. In general, I think he has a very intelligent and considered thought process to it all.”

The good-looking pair were first pictured together looking cosy while they shot in Sydney for the film and it looks as though the pair are still smitten with each other. The 26-year-old who has previously starred in Anna Karenina and Ex-Machina alongside Michael’s Frank co-star Brendan Gleeson is set to star in eight films this year. Speaking with the Sunday World Magazine, the former ballerina was asked if she would be visiting the Emerald Isle anytime soon.

“I’d love that. It’s a beautiful part of the world,” she coyly answered.

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Is this a hands-down admission that she’s still with The Bender? No. But I think if she wasn’t still with him, she wouldn’t have been so gushy. If she wasn’t enjoying all of the Fassdelights, she probably would have shut down the dating rumors, I think. In any case, it’s not like any of this is scandalous. They were both single when they met and if they’re dating, God bless. Perhaps this was just an excuse to write about Fassy. I miss him! It feels like we haven’t had any good Fassbender interview in a really long time.

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