Stanley Tucci has revealed that he has a photo of late wife Kate meeting his future spouse Felicity Blunt when the pair crossed paths at The Devil Wears Prada premiere in 2006.
The actor 65, who is back for the movie's sequel, is now married to co-star Emily Blunt's sister Felicity, 44, following Jane's tragic death from cancer in 2009.
He reflected on his first wife's illness which she battled during the making of the original 2006 film in a new interview with Town & Country.
'I remember she called and she told me she had gone to the doctor and they told her, everything else is a little bit of a blur after that. She was sick while we were making the film and throughout the whole process'.
Four years after Jane's untimely death aged just 47, Stanley reconnected with Felicity at Emily's wedding to John Krasinski. They later married and are now parents to son Matteo, 11, and eight-year-old daughter Emilia.
The actor, who is also father to twins Isabel and Nicolo, 26, Camilla, 21, from his marriage to Kate, was himself diagnosed with oral cancer in 2017 after doctors found a tumour at the base of his tongue.
Stanley Tucci has revealed that he has a photo of late wife Kate meeting his future spouse Felicity Blunt when the pair crossed paths at The Devil Wears Prada premiere in 2006
The actor 65, who is back for the movie's sequel, is now married to co-star Emily Blunt's sister Felicity, 44, following Jane's tragic death from cancer in 2009 (pictured with Jane at premiere)
He branded the treatment which followed 'horrible' and 'psychologically traumatising' as it brought back memories of his first wife's death.
'I couldn't walk. I couldn't do anything for myself, And Felicity—we had a three-year-old and she was about to give birth. She gave birth in the same hospital that I was being treated in. That was awful for her.'
His wife Felicity also opened up about his cancer treatment, which she too described as 'pretty horrific'.
Speaking at the Bazaar At Work Summit about her and her husband's love for food, the literary agent candidly said: 'Stan is the same, he loves food. It's well known that my husband went through cancer treatment, and it was pretty horrific.'
She added: 'It was an oral cancer, and he couldn't believe he couldn't even really speak. He had to have a feeding tube.
'I never really understood how much of our social engagement or our work life is positioned around food and drink.'
'It's amazing how when you genuinely cannot eat, how it leaves you outside of so much. Seeing him recover that, and when he couldn't taste anything, it was genuinely frightening.'
She added: 'We've been through quite a journey with eating, Stan and I, and it's what we really love to do together.'
Pictured with Felicity at the Devil Wears Prada 2 premier eearlier this month
He reflectied on his first wife's illness which she battled during the making of the original 2006 film in a new interview with Town & Country
Four years after Jane's untimely death aged just 47, Stanley reconnected with Felicity at Emily's wedding to John Krasinski
Read Stanley full interview in Town & Country out now
In 2021 Stanley opened up about his ongoing grief following Kathryn's death and admitted the loss continued to haunt him more than a decade later.
'It's still hard after 11 years,' the Oscar-nominated screen star told CBS Sunday Morning. 'It's still hard. And it will always be hard. But you can't let it ...'
He aid of the social worker, his late spouse of 14 years, 'She would never want any of us to ever wallow in that grief and let it take over our lives. She would never want that. She wasn't like that.'
He also brought up her passing speaking with NPR Saturday in a discussion about death: 'I lost my wife 11 years ago to breast cancer. And there's no question that, you know, that also - you know, that's a scary thing to watch, and it's, you know, a sad thing for all of us - devastating.'
In a 2010 interview with the outlet, Stanley said he was 'mostly sad' following her untimely passing the previous year.
'There's all the blaming of yourself, which you can't do, but you kind of do,' he said at the time.
'I'm sad for Kate that she can't be here, and I'm sad for my children that they didn't have the opportunity to spend more time with her because she was an extraordinary person.'
Read Stanley full interview in Town & Country out now.
What is throat cancer and how many people does it affect in the UK?
Laryngeal cancer is a type of cancer that affects the larynx (voice box).
In the UK, there are about 2,400 new cases of laryngeal cancer each year.
The condition is more common in people over the age of 60, and around four times more common in men than women.
The main symptoms include: a change in your voice, such as sounding hoarse, pain or difficulty when swallowing, a lump or swelling in the neck, a long-lasting cough, a persistent sore throat or earache and in severe cases, difficulty breathing.
Some people may also experience bad breath, breathlessness, a high-pitched wheezing noise when breathing, unexplained weight loss, or fatigue.
It is not clear exactly what causes laryngeal cancer, but the risk is increased by smoking tobacco, regularly drinking large amounts of alcohol, a family history of head and neck cancer, an unhealthy diet or exposure to certain chemicals and substances, such as asbestos and coal dust.
Source: NHS