Entertainment Movies Kirsten Dunst Says She and Husband Jesse Plemons 'Immediately Felt Safe' and 'Free' When They Met Dunst and Plemons first met on the set of 'Fargo' in 2015, and began dating about a year and a half later By Jen Juneau Jen Juneau Jen Juneau is a News and Movies Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She started at the brand in 2016 and has more than 15 years' professional writing experience. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on March 25, 2024 11:39AM EDT Close Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, California, on Jan. 4, 2024. Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty The connection between Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons was instant. In a recent cover profile for Texas Monthly highlighting Plemons, 35, Dunst recalled first meeting her now-husband on the set of FX's Fargo series almost a decade ago. “Immediately I felt safe, and he did too,” said the actress, 41. “And free.” Dunst also referred to her husband as "one of the kindest humans I’ve ever met" during the couple's chat with the magazine. “I think that sensitivity makes him very astute when it comes to other people," she added. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories. Kirsten Dunst Says She and Husband Jesse Plemons 'Don't Talk to Each Other on Set': But 'I Love Working with Him' The couple first met when they played a married couple on season 2 of Fargo in 2015, though their romantic relationship didn't develop until about a year and a half later. And Plemons and Dunst's onscreen collaboration didn't stop at Fargo. They were later both nominated for Academy Awards in the Best Supporting Actress and Actor categories, respectively, for their roles in 2021's The Power of the Dog. They will also star together in the upcoming movie Civil War, which follows a group of people in a "race to the White House in a near-future America balanced on the razor’s edge." The cast of the latter project also includes Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny and Nick Offerman. Kirsten Dunst and Jesses Plemons at the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons' Relationship Timeline Dunst's breakout role was in Interview with the Vampire when she was 11, while Plemons got his acting start in a Coke commercial when he was 2. In a 2020 interview with The New York Times, Dunst said they bonded over being former child stars: "We laugh about the fact that we were two child actors, and we both made it out okay." About working with Dunst for the first time, Plemons added, "I knew that she would be in my life for a long time." After getting engaged in 2017, Dunst and Plemons welcomed two sons together: Ennis, now 5½, and James, who turns 3 this year. PEOPLE confirmed that the duo had wed in July 2022.