United Kingdom, July 21 -- Greg Wise thought he was destined to marry Kate Winslet following a prediction from a "witchy friend".

The 59-year-old actor - who is married to Dame Emma Thompson - has revealed his pal told him he would meet his "life partner" on the set of his 1995 movie Sense and Sensibility and he thought it meant he was going to end up Kate because she was single and fellow co-star Emma was married to Sir Kenneth Branagh at the time.

Greg told The Times newspaper: "It wasn't love at first sight with Emma because she was married. I was told by a wonderful witchy friend of mine that I would meet my future life partner on Sense and Sensibility.

"I looked around and thought, the only one that's available and around my age i...