Saoirse Ronan had to "convince" her husband Jack Lowden to work together

Revealing that Jack is coming round to the idea, she told USA Today: "Jack didn't want to for a long time, but I've now convinced him that's a great idea.

"I'd really like to do something together on stage."

She described Jack as her "voice of reason", while they have a similar outlook on how a movie set should feel for the actors.

She added: "Jack is a lot calmer than I am. He's my voice of reason.

"But as a duo, we've both been on film sets our whole lives, so we have an appreciation of what we're asking actors to do. We always want them to feel safe."

Despite his earlier reservations, Jack recently admitted he hopes they can continue making films together in the future.

He told The Times newspaper it's "not ideal" when both partners are away for long periods filming, adding: "Making work together solves that problem, so that's another reason why we want to do more together. 'The Outrun' gave us such a taste for it. And it can be a lonely thing, this profession."

During the interview, Jack was wearing a ring on his wedding finger and when asked about the couple's honeymoon, he admitted the holiday hasn't happened yet, saying: "One day, one day."

They are believed to have married in a low-key ceremony in Edinburgh in July in front of just a "handful" of the couple's closest friends and family who were all "sworn to secrecy".

The couple had kept their relationship out of the spotlight over the years with both Saoirse and Jack refusing to talk about their romance publicly.

However, she recently admitted 'The Outrun' came about after Jack persuaded her to read the book during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

She told BBC Scotland: "He had originally gone up there to do research on John Rae the explorer who is from Orkney so that's how he discovered the book.

"He handed it to me when he had finished it and said 'This is the next role that you need to play.'"