Woody Allen, 90, holds hands with wife Soon-Yi Previn, 55, as couple are seen for first time in a YEAR ahead of director’s film comeback
Frail Woody Allen was seen on an extremely rare public outing with wife Soon-Yi Previn in Madrid this week – ahead of his return to directing.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker, 90, held hands with his 55-year-old wife of 29 years during a relaxed day in the Spanish city, marking the first time the couple have been seen together in a year.
Allen wore a blue shirt and chinos as he leaned on his partner, who opted for a floral dress and sunhat.
Soon-Yi is the adopted daughter of Woody’s ex-girlfriend Mia Farrow.
Farrow and Allen had been together since 1979, but that all changed 13 years later when Allen, then 55, and Previn, then 21, were caught having an affair.
The couple wed in 1997 and now share two adopted daughters Bechet, 28, and Manzie, 26.
Frail Woody Allen was seen on an extremely rare public outing with wife Soon-Yi Previn in Madrid this week – ahead of his return to directing
Allen, who last directed a movie titled Coup de Chance in 2023, presented his next film in Madrid on Thursday, which is provisionally titled ‘WASP 2026.’
Coup de Chance was critically acclaimed and earned $7.8 million at the box office in 2023.
In 2023, while promoting the film at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, the event was overshadowed by booing from those opposed to his presence over allegations that he sexually assaulted his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, which he vehemently denies. He has never been charged or prosecuted.
Allen’s $68 million contract with Amazon Studios to make four films was canceled during the 2020 #MeToo movement and the filmmaker has been challenged in finding distributors for his movies in recent years.
WASP 2026 is a romantic comedy, written and directed by Allen, and will start shooting on October 5 and will be set mostly in Madrid and in nearby Aranjuez. The cast includes Jemima Kirke, Alexi Wasser and Peter Vives.
‘I will be very happy to return to Spain,’ Allen said: ‘This will be my third time filming there and my first opportunity to make a film in Madrid, a city I have always loved.’
The film will be backed by €3 million in public funding from the Madrid Regional Government and Madrid City Council.
The Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Allen for further comment.
At the age of six, Soon-Yi was adopted from Korea by Farrow and her husband at the time, Andre Previn.
Allen was first introduced to Previn when she was around 11 years old, while he was dating Mia Farrow.
The legendary filmmaker, 90, held hands with his 55-year-old wife of 29 years during a relaxed day in the Spanish city, marking the first time the couple have been seen together in a year
Allen wore a blue shirt and chinos as he leaned on his partner, who opted for a floral dress and sunhat
Allen took his wife’s arms as they headed inside
Allen, who last directed a movie titled Coup de Chance in 2023, presented his next film in Madrid on Thursday, which is provisionally titled ‘Wasp 23’
By the time Previn was 21, an intimate relationship had started between the two.
The affair with Previn began in December 1991, the same month that Allen adopted Dylan and Moses Farrow, Mia Farrow’s children, according to The New York Times.
It is alleged that Korean-born Previn bonded with Allen during her final year of high school when she told him that she wanted to be a model.
After spending more time together, the pair’s relationship grew stronger, according to Vanity Fair.
So strong, that in January 1992, Farrow found nude polaroid photographs of her adopted daughter in Allen’s home, when they were still together. The affair continued into August.
During the same month, Dylan, who was seven at the time, claimed that Allen sexually abused her on CBS This Morning.
Previn has insisted that Allen is innocent.
The relationship continued, and by 1997, Allen and Previn wed in Venice.
Dylan’s sexual abuse allegations were investigated, and no charges ever brought.
Allen married his ex-partner Mia Farrow’s adopted daughter, Soon-Yi in 1997 – the couple are pictured in 1999
Ronan Farrow, the journalist brother of Dylan, wrote about it in 2016, and condemned Hollywood for continuing to work with their father.
Their brother Moses Farrow, however, has consistently defended their father and accused Farrow of coaching Dylan to accuse Woody, in anger at their divorce.
Allen has remained relatively tight-lipped when it comes to his relationship with Previn, but in March 2021 on CBS Sunday Morning, he commented on the marriage in conversation with Lee Cowan.
He was asked if he ever considered a relationship with his girlfriend’s adopted daughter to be inappropriate.
The couple have a 35 year age gap, and they were introduced when Soon-Yin was approximately 11 years old
Allen said ‘no,’ adding ‘there was never a moment that it wasn’t the most natural thing in the world… it didn’t give me pause, because the relationship with Soon-Yi was very gradual. It wasn’t like I went out with her one night and kissed her.
‘I would say of the many women I’ve dated in my life, many women, they were all what the appropriate police would call appropriate – age appropriate,’ he said. ‘Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow, Louise Lasser, my first wife; until Soon-Yi, which is unusual for me.’
Allen added: ‘If you’d have told me I was going to wind up married, and happily married, to an Asian woman much younger than me, not in show business, I would have said ‘the odds of that are very slim. I don’t think you’re going to be right.’ But that’s what happened.’
