Gwyneth Paltrow late 2000. They first broke up in early 1999; soon after, Paltrow persuaded Affleck to star in the film "Bounce" with her. During the making of the film, the couple started dating again and eventually broke up in October 2000. In October 2002, Paltrow met Chris Martin of the British rock band Coldplay backstage three weeks after the death of her father, Bruce Paltrow. They married on December 5, 2003, in a ceremony at a hotel in Southern California. Paltrow and Martin have two children together: daughter Apple Blythe Alison Martin (b. 2004) and son Moses Bruce Anthony Martin (b.
Gwyneth Paltrow debut, the romantic comedy "The Good Night" (2007), in which she starred opposite Penélope Cruz, Martin Freeman, Danny DeVito and Simon Pegg as the wife of a former keyboard player (Freeman). The film received a two-theater run in North America and garnered mixed reviews from critics. "View London" felt the actress was "clearly only playing her part as a courtesy to her director brother and it just makes you wish she'd go back to playing lead roles again". Paltrow saw a resurgence in her career in 2008, when she was cast in "Iron Man" as Pepper Potts, Tony Stark's personal