That Anna Christie Broadway play from 1993 was a serendipitous moment for a Hollywood couple that taught us what true love is. It was the play that brought Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson together.

At the time, Richardson was married to producer Robert Fox, but meeting Neeson made her fall for him with the same passion he fell for her.

Unfortunately, Richardson passed away in 2009, and Neeson never married again. Years after loosing her, the Taken star still grieves for the woman who stole his heart forever.

Speaking of the moment he first met her, Neeson told Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes: “She was a radiant beauty. Yeah, cascading hair. I remember. There was—that was very, very attractive. I’d never had that kind of an explosive chemistry situation with an actor, or actress.” He then continued saying: “We had just this wonderful kind of dance—free dance on stage every night. She and I were like [Fred] Astaire and [Ginger] Rogers.”

At the time of her death, the couple’s sons, Micheal and Daniel, were 13 and 12 years old.