Carey Mulligan reveals she decided her now-husband Marcus Mumford ‘definitely wasn’t boyfriend material’ when they first met as children

Carey Mulligan has admitted she didn't consider her husband Marcus Mumford “boyfriend material” when they first met as children.

The actress, 38, revealed exactly what she thought of the singer, 36, when they first met at camp when she was just 12 years old and he was 10 years old.

She confessed that while she thought he was the “nicest person” she had ever met, she also wrote in her diary at the time that he was “definitely not boyfriend material.”

Speaking about the Smart podcast, she hilariously explained, “I wrote in my journal that he was the nicest, kindest person I had ever met and I gave him 9 1/2 out of 10.”

'I also wrote in my diary that he was definitely not boyfriend material. I don't mean that I ever had a boyfriend at the time. But I decided it wasn't him,” she added.

The actress, 38, revealed exactly what she thought of the singer, 36, (pictured in May 2012) when they first met at camp when she was just 12 years old and he was 10 years old.

Although they never dated in their teens, Carey stayed in touch with Marcus after camp and they were pen pals for a few years before losing contact.

However, they later reconnected as adults when they added each other on Facebook, prompting them to meet again when Carey was 24.

She shared, “The strange thing is that not long after we met again as adults, we both worked on the Cohen Brothers movie Inside Llewyn Davis and were both hired independently.”

The couple got engaged in 2011 after just five months of dating, and married a year later in April 2012 in an English wedding in the Somerset countryside.

They now share children Evelyn, eight, and Wilfred, five, and Carey confirmed in October that they had welcomed their third child: a baby girl.

The Promising Young Woman actress revealed the happy news in Vogue's November cover story.

“Here I am, ready for Vogue,” she joked. 'I'm going to change [the baby]', and then we'll go find another shirt for mom.'

Carey recently opened up about her newborn daughter, whose name she has not yet revealed, and said she is her a 'So far 10 out of 10'.

When she spoke to “Entertainment Tonight” at the Variety Power of Women Los Angeles gala last month, she said, “Oh, she's amazing. Awesome. Good baby, 10 out of 10, so far. We'll see how long that lasts.'

Elsewhere, the star also recently opened up about balancing her successful career and raising her family during an interview with Vanity Fair.

After reconnecting as adults, the couple (pictured in April 2021) got engaged in 2011 after just five months of dating, tying the knot at a wedding in the English countryside.

They now share children Evelyn, eight, and Wilfred, five, and Carey confirmed in October that they had welcomed their third child: a baby girl

'I think it also changes as they get older. Now it's different,” Carey admitted as she talked about how parenthood has “influenced” her “career choices” over the years.

“If they're small, they're portable. Now that mine are getting older, it will become clearer what is and isn't possible for us.'

She also reflected on how both she and her husband have the opportunity to pursue their passions for their careers.

She said: 'I'm so lucky, we're both so lucky that at the moment we get to do jobs because we want to do them, not because we have to.'

“And that's such a luxury in life and in the world to be able to do that. I think it's very clear when it's the right time to do something and when it's not, whereas I think I've probably debated it more in the past. I feel very parched and dry.”