Before Marcus Mumford and Carey Mulligan became one of Hollywood's most private couples, they were just two kids who met at Bible camp.The Mumford & Sons frontman recalled on the "SmartLess" podcast how a chance childhood meeting eventually blossomed into romance years later after the pair reconnected as adults.The future couple first crossed paths at a church Bible camp, when Mumford was 10 and Mulligan was 12, and became pen pals.JESSIE JAMES DECKER ON WHY HER MARRIAGE TO ERIC DECKER HASN'T LOST ITS SPARK AFTER FOUR KIDSMarcus Mumford revealed that he first met future wife Carey Mulligan at a church Bible camp when he was 10 and she was 12, years before the pair reconnected and fell in love as adults.(Jenny Anderson/Disney via Getty Images)"And she still has the journal entry from the day we met where I – my cousin was there, who was two years older, who was age appropriate for her," Mumford recalled.
"And he got an eight-and-a-half out of 10.But I, who was definitely not underlined boyfriend material, got a nine out 10."The flattering review didn't spark an instant romance, but it planted the seed for a relationship that would take years to come together.He recalled the two "stayed in touch as kids" before reconnecting in their twenties on Facebook.
Mulligan bought a ticket to Laura Marling's show years later, where Mumford & Sons was also performing.Marcus Mumford reflected on his longtime romance with Carey Mulligan, recalling how a childhood friendship that began at Bible camp eventually led to their 2012 wedding.(Dave Benett/Getty Images for Spotify)LAINEY WILSON ADMITS SHE LIED TO FIANCÉ DUCK HODGES ON THEIR FIRST DATE"We started shouting sort of an hour before Laura went on and then [Mulligan] was like, 'Oh, Mumford.
I knew a kid called Mumford,'" the singer-songwriter recalled.Mulligan left a note with Mumford's tour manager that had her email address on it and the rest is history.After dating for roughly five months, Mumford proposed to Mull...