Imagine if Snow White and Prince Charming were a real couple.
Wait, aren't they?
Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas’s love story feels like something straight-out of
a Disney film.
Their origin story is nothing if not incredibly romantic and sweet.
The plot of their story looks like the beginning of a happy ending.
Ginnifer and Josh met while filming for ABC's "Once Upon A Time."
The seven-season show is a mystery fantasy that takes a different spin on fairy tale
classics.
In the show, Ginnifer plays Snow White, and Josh plays Prince Charming.
Quick, cue a sound effect of an audience saying, "aww."
As fans of the show will know, Goodwin and Dallas's characters have an undeniably explosive
chemistry on-screen.
Watching them be in love makes a person wish for a fairytale romance.
Even more so when you come to find out that their relationship is just as lovely off-screen.
In early 2012, the attractive pair sparked romance rumors.
According to Us Weekly magazine, the duo had actually started dating a whole year before
their relationship made headlines.
The two kept it private for quite a while, but when the news of the pairing got out,
it spread like wildfire.
Why?
Because the origin story of this romance is just too damn cute!
It's enough to melt a heart.
We've mentioned that they met on set, but Dallas has previously admitted that it was
love at first sight for him and Goodwin.
“I think falling in love is always a surprise, right?” he told People Magazine about meeting
his girlfriend-to-be.
The actor said he had never before fallen like that, and he “would like to think she
felt exactly the same way.”
As the story goes, Ginnifer and Josh started off as friends.
The filming for the TV show took place in Canada, and both actors were away from home.
They started socializing and hanging out.
As co-workers, the two felt they should maintain a platonic relationship so that they wouldn't
mess with their work.
The actress said on an episode of A Little Late with Lilly Singh, "A good handful of
months after we said we were only going to be friends, we went on a date [...]"
After their first date, Ginnifer was certain that Josh really is her Prince Charming.
She said when she took him to Disneyland for their date, the actor was thrilled when they
rode the roller coaster.
According to E! Online, the "Something Borrowed" actress said: "He threw his arms in the air
and he goes, 'This is the best day of my life!' and I was like, 'We're totally getting married."
According to Prince Charming, his and Goodwin's relationship "happened very organically."
The actor added that meeting someone on set who would become a life partner was rare.
He also said he was confident in making a romantic connection with his Snow White.
About a year after they started dating, Josh asked Ginnifer to be his princess forever.
“We are so thrilled to announce our engagement and can’t wait to celebrate with our friends
and family, including our second family at Once Upon a Time,” the couple said in a
statement to People magazine in 2013.
In case you're not yet convinced that they're a Disney couple in real life, let's have a
look at their nuptials.
In April 2014, the dashing couple tied the knot in a secret ceremony in Los Angeles.
The "Once Upon A Time" co-stars exchanged vows on a late Saturday afternoon just as
the sun was setting.
Ginnifer was expecting the couple's first child at the time.
She showed off her growing baby bump in a beautiful Monique Lhuillier gown that had
been custom designed for her big day.
The now 44-year-old and her beau decided to have an intimate ceremony.
They celebrated with just 30 of their closest friends and family.
Guests were welcomed to the sound of a Spanish guitar playing in a romantic courtyard.
Ginnifer and Josh were known for being a super private couple.
At the time of their wedding, they made no mention of their nuptials on their social
media accounts.
However, as their relationship progressed, the couple became more public with the details
of their love life.
News that the actress was expecting broke shortly after the pair announced their engagement.
The "Zootopia" star gave birth one month after she and her husband got married.
A representative for the pair told People magazine: ''Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas
welcomed a baby boy on May 29.
This is their first child.
Both mom and baby are doing great.''
There's also a funny story about how the couple settled on naming their son.
The actress previously admitted that they struggled to come up with suitable options.
She explained that naming a child with the last name of Dallas is a little more complicated.
''We won't have a first name that begins with a D because it gets porn-y.
And nothing geographical because it sounds like an airport."
Her husband proposed the name Austin."That is an actual place where planes land.
We can't do that," Ginnifer said.
And so they welcomed Oliver Finlay Dallas.
Two years later, the Goodwin-Dallas family grew even more.
E! News confirmed they became the proud parents to another son, who was born on June 1.
The couple named him Hugo Wilson Dallas.
The "Why Women Kill" alum opened up to PEOPLE Magazine about how her second pregnancy had
been even more exhausting than her first.
“Now I’m running after a toddler, working on a series and doing a press tour,” she
said, but added that she was doing “remarkably well”.
In 2016, Ginnifer appeared in Disney's "Zootopia" as officer Judy Hopps.
She really had a lot going on that year!
The starlet also talked to People magazine about how her eldest son was handling the
journey to being a big brother.
“He pulls up my shirt every day and pats my belly and says, ‘Hello, baby.’, " she
said.
Dallas has been nothing but a doting husband and supportive co-parent.
"It’s extraordinary to have your partner, who you’ve known all this time, blossom
into this woman … who is so nurturing, so caring and just so cool," he said to PEOPLE
Magazine.
The "Thor" actor is elated about fatherhood.
“Every day is a milestone, like pulling himself up, walking around, holding onto things,
" Dallas said about his firstborn.
Goodwin told Us Weekly that she considered Dallas her “knight in shining armor” for
giving his all to fatherhood.
“My husband also has not slept since mid-May.
I’m always telling him, ‘You can sleep,’ but he won’t, he always helps,” she said
If you thought this couple's story couldn't get cuter, you're wrong.
Because even two babies and eight years of marriage later, the stars are still very much
in love.
HelloGiggles spoke to Josh Dallas at a San Diego Comic-Con in 2016.
When asked what it was like working with Goodwin during the first season of "Once Upon A Time",
Dallas had one perfect word to sum it all up: “Magical.”
Prince Charming explained that working with his partner was magical both on and off-screen.
Speaking of the first season, Dallas said, "It was really exciting to play that couple
Snow White and Charming, that couple that has that pure love, that real pure love from
the start.”
When shooting the pilot, there is a scene where Charming rides up on the horse, and
Snow White is asleep in the coffin.
She is surrounded by the dwarfs, and for all Charming knows, the princess is dead.
He goes in to kiss her and she wakes up, "and I remember it had started to snow when we
were there, and it seemed so symbolic and magical…” the actor said.
At this point of his story, Dallas trailed off for a second.
He was clearly lost in the memory of this moment, and how special it was to him.
We told you, it just keeps getting more and more romantic.
Goodwin is also head over heels for her partner.
She told E! News, "He makes me laugh so much, and even if we squabble he makes me laugh,
so I can't even stay angry…"
Josh has always been his wife's number-one fan.
His social media can attest to that.
The Manifest star is always sharing cute posts about his family on Instagram.
At the same time, he's also been her partner in keeping their family life super private.
There are times when Dallas just can't help but share an occasional snap of his adorable
clan.
Such as when he and Goodwin brought their sons to watch an LAFC match.
"Start'em young!
@lafc @mls all stars!" he captioned the father-sons pic snapped by his wife.
In 2019, the actor spoke to Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on the Today show.
He explained his romantic posts by saying, "She's the greatest human I know, so that
stuff is easy, it's easy to write that stuff."
Snow White's consort also named a few of their secrets for a strong marriage: "Understanding,
willing to be flexible.
And just love.
You've got to love and be willing to grow with that person — or let that person grow,
too, and give them space."
Josh Dallas and Ginnifer Goodwin are a fairytale come true.
Their romance is absolutely adorable.
It's impossible not to fall in love with this love story.
Especially because they really are living happily ever after.