The love story of Zoe Saldaña and Marco Perego — a relationship without rules.

The love story of Zoe Saldaña and Marco Perego — a relationship without rules.

In 2013, Zoe Saldaña quietly married Italian artist Marco Perego in London. Their romance was swift, although the actress later said they had moved in the same creative circles long before they became a couple. After the wedding, Marco made an unusual decision: he legally took her last name and became Marco Perego-Saldaña, while she became Zoe Saldaña-Perego. Many considered the gesture humiliating for a man; according to Zoe, he took it with humor. Today, the couple is raising three sons — twins Cy and Bowie, and their youngest, Zen. All of them carry the double surname Perego-Saldaña, and Zoe emphasizes that their children are taught from an early age that “mom and dad are equal in everything.”