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Shipper on Set

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"I really wanted Hosie to happen. That was like my campaign for life"
—Kaylee Kaneshiro on👁 Image
the Hope/Josie ship from her show Legacies.

Alice and Bob? Alob? That's a Crack Pairing!

Would it make a difference to you if you knew that Charles (the actor who plays Bob) likes that ship? That he agrees that starting a relationship with Alice would make sense for Bob's character? That he was deliberately playing up the Unresolved Sexual Tension as he acted their scenes together? Bob totally ships Alob!

An actor's preferred ship is not Word of Saint Paul since it's their opinion, rather than any concrete fact about the work. However, an actor's ship preferences may include statements that do fall under Word of Saint Paul, such as behind-the-scenes commentary about scenes deliberately being played more romantically or ad-libbing extra lines not present in the script.

Not to be confused with Romance on the Set (actors dating in real life) or Actor Shipping (fans thinking they should). It's about the actor endorsing a fictional pairing — either that of a character they play with another character, or two other characters. This applies to an Official Couple too (if there is one), as with fandom shipping, actors can throw support behind whichever pairing they fancy. An actor can even be a multishipper.

A complicating factor is that actors are rarely at liberty to speak completely freely. Under most circumstances, an actor wants to preserve a public image, promote their work, avoid alienating fans, and maintain peace with bosses and co-workers. Given how contentious shipping can get, many are understandably wary.

The fandom gossip mill has been known to produce unsupported claims on this topic, leading to God Never Said That. When determining if an actor is an example, look for fandom-typical activities such as partaking in sharing or creating fanart, multiple statements about the ship, or a bias for the preferred ship. Sometimes an actor influences the work so that an unplanned relationship ends up becoming an Official Couple. An actor who advocated for their ship on set and later saw it canonized is certainly a shipper. One statement may not be enough, as an actor may be wary of a Fan-Preferred Couple or simply trying to promote their work. Use direct quotes when possible — they leave less room for Shipping Goggles.

Compare Shipper on Deck and The Matchmaker, the In-Universe equivalents.

Examples:

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    Anime & Manga 
  • Digimon Adventure: Even though Sora canonically ends up with Yamato at the end of Digimon Adventure 02, Ai Maeda, the voice of Mimi, has stated that she ships Sora with Taichi.
  • Dragon Ball Z: Avi Meir Vanunu, the Israeli Hebrew dub voice actor for Goku, ships Goku/Chichi to the point he compared them to him and his own wife👁 Image
    and owns action figures of their wedding👁 Image
    . He also posts memes of them on his Facebook account.
  • Lyrical Nanoha: While the writers have always been tight-lipped on the nature of Nanoha and Fate's relationship, their voice actors Yukari Tamura and Nana Mizuki have stated in interviews that they consider them a romantic couple and portray them that way in later seasons. The fandom has since cited this as the Word of Gay in lieu of other sources.
  • Naruto: Maile Flanagan, Naruto's English voice actress, has been vocal about her support for Naruto/Sasuke. When asked at a 2011 fan panel👁 Image
    whether she preferred Sakura or Hinata, she answered Sasuke without hesitation. She also said👁 Image
    she would like the series to end with Naruto and Sasuke running off together and starting a family.
  • Pokémon the Series:
    • The former English voice actresses of Ash (Veronica Taylor) and Misty (Rachael Lillis) have shown their support for Pokéshipping. The two would hang out and act in-character off set.
    • The current voice actress of Ash (Sarah Natochenny) and the voice of Serena (Haven Paschall) have shown their support for Amourshipping, with Sarah even tweeting "my favorite #armourshipping👁 Image
      " in response to a Pokémon official tweet about the greatest love story.
  • Puella Magi Madoka Magica: In the audio commentary of the twelfth episode, Chiwa Saito, Homura's voice actress, asked Gen Urobuchi for a love scene between Madoka and Homura if a second season was ever released. Aoi Yuuki, Madoka's voice actress, agreed with a (semi-in-character) fervent "I want to be happy". In the audio commentary of the previous episode, both actresses commented how Homura's confession was very emotional, with Yuuki thinking that Madoka would have accepted Homura's feelings.
  • SK8 the Infinity: English dub voice actors Jonah Scott and Daman Mills both support Matchablossom, shipping their respective characters Joe and Cherry.
  • Trigun: Show Hayami (original voice of Wolfwood) has teased the idea of Vash and Wolfwood being a couple at events, though he was shot down by series creator Yasuhiro Nightow.
  • Voltes V: Someone in the Italian dubbing team, Ricmon Sound, must have really shipped Heinel/Katherine, because the Italian script gives Heinel more lines where his love for Katherine is apparent (in the original Japanese script, he was a tsundere), down to making her death the reason he was Driven to Suicide in the end. Shippers of HeinKath love to use this in their fanfics.
    Comics 
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW): Jennifer Hernandez ships Silver/Blaze and has drawn numerous pieces of Silvaze fanart on her Twitter before.
    Film — Animated 
  • Zazie Beetz, voice of Diane Foxington in The Bad Guys, said in an interview that she loved the idea of Mr. Wolf and Diane as a couple. When she was brought back for The Bad Guys 2, she told the director that she hopes their relationship will progress. She was overjoyed that Wolf and Diane share their first kiss in the end and become a couple.
  • Alan Lee, the speaking voice of Mystery Saja of Saja Boys from KPop Demon Hunters, is a huge fan of👁 Image
    “Zoeystery”, the ship between his character and Zoey of HUNTR/X, and frequently shares fanart of the pairing on his Twitter account.
  • Raya and the Last Dragon: Kelly Marie Tran welcomes👁 Image
    headcanons about Raya being LGBT, also believing that Raya is LGBT herself and that Raya and Namaari's relationship has a romantic subtext to it. She's even joked that she was probably the first person to ship them.
    Tran: I think if you're a person watching this movie and you see representation that feels real and authentic to you, then it's real and authentic. I think it might get me in trouble for saying that, but whatever.
    Film — Live-Action 
    Live-Action TV 
  • 9-1-1:
    • Both Oliver Stark (Buck) and Jennifer Love Hewitt (Maddie, Buck's sister) have voiced their support for the fan shipping of Buck and Eddie (Buddie). Oliver enjoyed liking and sharing fanart and other edits that fans sent him on both Twitter and Instagram. Ryan Guzman (Eddie) also commented on the matter, saying that he liked the name "Buddie" better than the alternative "Beddie."
    • 9-1-1: Nashville: After the premiere, LeAnn Rimes said she'd hope that Dixie and Blythe become lovers by season 8.
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Chloe Bennet and Elizabeth Henstridge (the actresses who portray Skye and Simmons respectively) have both said that support for the Skye/Simmons (Skimmons) ship. Bennet even did a Reddit AMA where she responded to a question about Skimmons with "I SHIP THAT SHIT SO HARD.👁 Image
    "
  • The Borgias: While Cesare/Lucrezia did eventually become canon, showrunner Neil Jordan reportedly did not like it, and — in earlier seasons — said they weren't going there. François Arnaud (Cesare) is beloved by shippers for telling Niel that the script he wrote very much depicts the two being in love. Holliday Grainger (Lucrezia) reportedly agreed as well but didn't give interviews about it.
    François Arnaud interview👁 Image
    :     When we first got to Budapest, my first rehearsal was with Holly. It was for our very first scene together. We were lying in the garden and Neil kept insisting that we had too many innuendos or it was too romantic or too sexual. And we both argued that it was already all over his writing.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar, who portrays Buffy, considers Buffy's true love and soulmate to be Angel, who she dated during the first three seasons.
    • Alyson Hannigan, on the other hand, said long after the show wrapped that she thought Buffy would be the happiest with Willow.
  • Although she didn’t buy the pairing at first when Cobra Kai introduced it, Mary Mouser (Samantha LaRusso) has admitted to turning into a hardcore Keenry (Robby × Tory) shipper by the end of the series.
  • Charmed (1998): Alyssa Milano stated that her character Phoebe should have ended with Cole rather than Coop.
  • Community has the not-quite-canon, ship teased pair of Jeff and Annie, which Alison Brie (Annie's actress) supports wholeheartedly. She has said the following in an interview, differentiating her shipping side from her actor side:
    Alison Brie interview👁 Image
    :     I love the Jeff-and-Annie thing when it doesn't infringe on Annie being a grown-up person. I think it was really exciting this [fifth] season to see Annie grow up in a lot of ways and kind of take that power back and not always be pining for Jeff, even though they had their moments. So I like to see Annie be a little more self-sufficient and strong. But at the same time... I'll always ship Jeff and Annie! I'm a fan of it.
  • Daredevil:
  • Daughter From Another Mother: The song "Que PASE y YA"👁 Image
    by Paulina Goto is especially dedicated to the "Maryana" shippers and along her costar Ludwika Paleta both have been strong supporters of the ship in their social media before it was official.
  • Firefly: Adam Baldwin said he saw Jayne having a crush on Inara, though showrunner Joss Whedon disagreed.
    Adam Baldwin interview👁 Image
    :     Joss will disagree with us but my subtext was that Jayne had a crush on Inara, and that was sort of his driving energy. Joss was always like, "No! Wrong Adam, he does not."
  • Several of the actors from Gotham openly supported the pairing of Oswald Cobblepot and Edward Nygma, including the two actors who played them (with Nygma's actor being the one to coin their Portmanteau Couple Name).
  • Gotham Knights: Tyler DiChiara, who plays Cullen Row, has been known to encourage fans who ship Harper Row and Stephanie Brown together, posting about the ship frequently on Twitter.
  • House of Anubis: Brad Kavanagh (Fabian) was vocal about his support of the Nina and Fabian (Fabina) pairing. He wrote a song he'd hoped Fabian could sing to Nina, but it never got added to the show. Additionally, he claimed at after the series ended, Fabian moved to America to reunite with Nina, who'd been Put on a Bus in season 3.
  • Legacies: Both Kaylee Kaneshiro and Danielle Rose Russell have both been very vocal👁 Image
    of their support👁 Image
    for the Hope/Josie (Hosie) ship, saying that they think it is cute and would love for it to happen while making it clear that they don't have any power over it either way. Even in 2026 (years after the show ended), Kaylee says that she still ships Hosie and is disappointed that the two didn't get together.👁 Image
    Danielle: Oh my god. You picked up on Hosie. We are making Hosie happen.
    Kaylee: The control we have is to say yes we would love to. At the beginning of the show, what we were doing was, putting different cast members together in different scenes to see what sticks. Danielle and I were one of the first people to really start starting working together. So it was just like a natural thing of 'Oh yeah. Like this is cute.'
  • The Mandalorian:
    • Ming-Na Wen has tweeted teasing👁 Image
      ◊ a ship between her character Fennec Shand and the titular Mandalorian.
    • Pedro Pascal shared some romantic fanart👁 Image
      of Din Djarin and Cobb Vanth in a Valentine's Day Instagram story, after The Book of Boba Fett reunited the characters for a drink.
    • Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan) has spoken very openly about how the possibility of a relationship between Bo-Katan and Din was discussed on set. She says they joked around about how the helmet logistics would work, and reports there's a jokey Throw It In outtake where Din grabs Bo's face and kisses her through the helmet. As for shipping in a narrow sense, she talks about Din's vow of devotion and service to Bo in "Chapter 23: The Spies":
      Katee Sackhoff interview:👁 Image
       That scene where he says that, "Your song is not yet written." That — it was so hard not to cry during that scene. It was just such a sweet moment. [...] At home I was like, "Oh my god, he loves her so much." [...] But I was like, "Oh my gosh, I'm like shipping them."
  • On M*A*S*H, William Christopher, Father Mulcahy's actor, expressed enthusiasm in interviews about a potential pairing between Margaret and Charles, and stated he was disappointed when the writers decided not to go in that direction after the initial Ship Tease of Charles' first couple of seasons.
  • Motherland: Fort Salem: Jessica Sutton enthusiastically encouraged fans to ship her character Tally with Sarah Alder, vocally supporting the ship over the canon Cravenwood.
  • Never Have I Ever: In a 2023 interview👁 Image
    about the final season, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Devi) was asked which characters she shipped. Her response was Trent and Eleanor, saying they were the cutest and "the best kind of weirds for each other".
  • Pluribus: If you make a pro-Stursia (the ship between Carol Sturka and Zosia) post on social media, odds are Karolina Wydra (Zosia's actress) will probably like it before the day is over. She also regularly talks about their romance and dynamic in interviews where she shows how much she ships them.
  • Riverdale: From the very first episode to the end of the series, KJ Apa (Archie Andrews) championed the comics classic Archie/Betty pairing, and wanted them to be endgame.
  • From Stargirl, Brec Bassinger made several tweets referencing Starcat, the pairing of Courtney and Yolanda.
  • Stranger Things is the source of multiple examples:
  • Supergirl: Katie McGrath was very outspoken about her support for the SuperCorp (Kara x Lena) ship.
    Katie: (reading a SuperCorp fanfic👁 Image
    ) "Lena kisses [Kara's] cheek. 'I love you'."
    Katie: That's the bit I'm signing.
  • Supernatural: Misha Collins has voiced his support for Destiel (Dean/Castiel) after the show ended. While Jensen Ackles hasn't been vocal about it but he confirmed that the song "Watching Over Me" from his band Radio Company is partially about their relationship.
    Video Games 
    Visual Novels 
    Web Animation 
  • The main cast of RWBY have a favorite ship that they support, each involving their respective characters:
    • Lindsey Jones (voice of Ruby) is a fan of "Nuts and Dolts" (Ruby/Penny), notably holding out on the chance that Penny would return to the show at one point. Penny did return at the start of the Solitas Arc in Volume 7, only to die via Mercy Kill in the Volume 8 finale moments after turning into a real girl.
    • Kara Eberle (voice of Weiss) has voiced her support of "White Knight" (Weiss/Jaune) since the start of the show, even saying that she would like for Weiss to give Jaune a chance. While nothing has been made official yet, there has been the occasional Ship Tease between the two, with Weiss even showing interest in Jaune's older self in Volume 9.
    • Both Arryn Zech and Barbara Dunkelman support the "Bumblebee" ship between their two respective characters (Blake/Yang), with the two notably showing their support during conventions, panels, and social media posts. After a lot of Ship Teasing between the two throughout the show, the two characters would become an Official Couple by Volume 9.
    • Although their ship is also unconfirmed, Vic Mignogna (Qrow until Season 7) and Elizabeth Maxwell (Winter) seem to enjoy the idea of their respective characters ending up together.
    Western Animation 
  • Arcane: Reed Shannon, the voice actor of Ekko, supports the Ekko/Jinx (Timebomb) ship and would often repost or comment on Timebomb fanart on social media.
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender:
  • The Dragon Prince: Before becoming the Official Couple, the pairing of Rayla and Callum had the support👁 Image
    of Soren's voice actor, Jesse Inocalla. After their Relationship Upgrade in Season 3, their own voice actors, Paula Barrows and Jack DeSena, have since expressed support for their characters relationship on social media many times.
  • The Ghost and Molly McGee: Alan Lee supported👁 Image
    the pairing of Molly and Libby during the show's first season. Ironically, he's the voice of Oliver "Ollie" Chen, a character introduced in the second season to serve as Molly's canon love interest.
  • Gravity Falls: there’s two sides concerning two ships with Dipper. On one hand, Dipper’s own voice actor, Jason Ritter like Wendip (Dipper/Wendy), in that he sees the two getting together once they’re adults and the age difference wouldn’t matter. On the other hand, Pacifica’s voice actress, Jackie Buscarino, is a big Dipcifica shipper, fueled by the episode “Northwest Mansion Mystery” (which provided many Ship Tease moments between them), as well as numerous subsequent materials (nearly every Gravity Falls book released after the show).
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Ashleigh Ball, the voice actress of Applejack and Rainbow Dash, is apparently a fan of the AppleDash fan shipping, if these👁 Image
    posts👁 Image
    are👁 Image
    any indication.
  • Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Marco Diaz's voice actor Adam McArthur has made it abundantly clear from the beginning that he is the biggest Starco shipper in the world, even before the actual show started giving obvious Ship Tease for Star and Marco.
  • Star Wars Rebels: Steve Blum (who voices Zeb) was very vocal in his support of the "Kalluzeb" (Zeb/Kallus) ship, with him regularly hyping it up and saying how much he wanted it to happen. One of his most mentioned wants for Zeb is that he and Kallus would settle down on Lira San, which did happen (although without it being confirmed rather it was romantic or not), much to Blum's vocal joy as shown in this one interview👁 Image
    :
    "From the very first time Zeb and Kallus appeared together, I joked that someday they'd become a couple and end up on Lirasan (sic) together. I had NO idea that it would actually happen! It was the greatest gift anyone had ever given me in terms of a character's evolution. I've been thanking Dave Filoni ever since. The shippers went out of their minds and I wholeheartedly encourage that. Could just be buddies/brothers, but I love the idea that they could be more."

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