Keri Russell Pregnancy News: Story Line for 'The Americans' not Affected, Matthew Rhys Confirms
Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell are expecting their first child. While many people are happy about the news, many are also curious as to how Russell's pregnancy will affect her role in their hit "The Americans" series. Now, it has been revealed that it does not actually affect her portrayal as KGB Elizabeth Jennings in the series.
According to Entertainment Tonight, Russell's pregnancy news has been first confirmed by her "The Americans" co-star Noah Emmerich. The big revelation was made during the FX TCA winter press tour.
Just like how Noah Emmerich announced Russell's pregnancy jokingly, the 41-year-old actor Matthew Rhys, who is the expectant father of Russell's baby, also joked about how Russell is playing her role well now that she is pregnant. The Celebrity Babies reported that Rhys said that the 39-year-old pregnant actress is now better with a blow dart from a seated position of 12 feet.
Joel Fields, the executive producer of "The Americans," also confirmed that Russell's pregnancy did not affect the story line of the series at all. He also stated that they are very happy with the pregnancy news.
The confirmation of Fields regarding the fact that they are going to maintain the original story line matched with how Emmerich first announced Russell's pregnancy. It can be remembered that Emmerich said that the "The Americans" team is doing their best to shoot Russell without her baby bump - as the baby bump will not be a part of their series' story line.
It won't be the first time that Keri Russell is conceiving a child. She is already a "mother-of-two" to her son River, 7 ½ years old, and daughter Willa Lou, 3 years old. Both are her children to Shane Deary, her former husband. On the other hand, the baby she is conceiving now is her first baby with her on-screen and real-life partner Matthew Rhys.
According to US Magazine, Keri Russell and Shane Deary married in the year 2007. After spending almost seven years together as husband and wife, the two separated in the summer of the year 2013.
On the other hand, in April 2014, People reported that Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are dating. This announcement came after the Rhys-Russell romantic relationship rumors continued to surface. In fact, there were rumors before that Rhys was the reason why Russell left her ex-husband Shane Deary. Nonetheless, this rumor has not been confirmed at all.