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WIND BENEATH MY WINGS

It’s kismet that Hari Nef and Tommy Dorfman would end up—despite torrential downpours—making the most of this photo shoot on a Venice beach. The two were introduced over a year ago through mutual friends, who had orchestrated a “fun beach day,” which reached an untimely end when Nef answered a Skype call from her ex and was dumped on the spot. “Tommy met me at the worst possible moment,” she says.

But that can only be partially true. Sometime after that encounter, the two bumped into each other while walking down the street in New York (which, every New Yorker knows, is a statistical anomaly reserved only for romantic comedies), had an impromptu breakfast at a diner (also something that only happens in romantic comedies), and then moved in together a month later (do you see where we’re going with this?).

Unlike those other Hollywood couples, Hari Nef and Tommy Dorfman are here to stay (platonically, of course). After a banner year for both—Dorfman ending, and Nef giving a star performance in best seems yet to come. Right before the duo prepared for two of their most exciting roles yet, they sat down to reflect on the year they shared together—and all that’s coming next.

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