Jane Seymour & Joe Lando Didn’t Talk To Each Other While Filming ‘Dr. Quinn’ — But Now They’re Best Friends

Sep 16, 2022

For those who grew up in the 90s, 'Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman' undoubtedly changed the TV viewing experience for many throughout the course of its six-season run. For the most part, Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn showed us that women could be just as successful as men in the field of medicine. 

Of course, Dr. Mike's (Jane Seymour) adventures always left us wanting more. But we can't deny that her onscreen chemistry with her love interest Byron Sully (Joe Lando), made a lot of difference and always got us looking forward to fresh, new episodes. 

Seymour is known for starring in the James Bond movie 'Live and Let Die.' She has also been cast in some critically acclaimed pieces, such as 'Onassis: The Richest Man in the World' and the 1976 miniseries' Captains and the Kings,' the latter earning her an Emmy nomination and the former winning her an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries or a Special. 

While her professional life has been a point of great success for Seymour, her personal life was filled with major upheavals. The star was already married three times when she got together with James Keach, an actor and filmmaker. Keach and Seymour had been married for 20 years before they split due to rumors of infidelity from Keach's side in 2013. 

This was especially painful for Seymour because reports from the time stated that Keach had been unfaithful with someone whom Seymour knew. The couple split soon after, which left Seymour "devastated." 

Read on to learn more about Seymour's life and her frenemy relationship with Joe Lando.

Jane Seymour finally opened up to the Daily Mail about what happened during her split in October 2019, covering a wide range of other subjects such as how she maintains her youthful looks, how she manages her professional life, and how she navigates her role as a mother and grandmother.

Seymour confirmed that Keach had, in fact, been unfaithful to her by the end of the marriage, and she spoke about how this deeply impacted her. 

Even in her 70s, Seymour was cast in a variety of movies and television series. Her latest stint was on 'The Komisky Method,' which also starred Michael Douglas, who has been Seymour's friend for many decades, according to the Daily Mail.

Veteran actress Seymour lives in LA with her boyfriend of five years, David Green, in a star-studded neighborhood. Her neighbors include Simon Cowell and Cher.  

Joe Lando, on the other hand, is happily married to his wife Kirsten Barlow, whom he wed in 1997.

But did you know that the two stars didn't get along while filming the 'Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman' show for more than six years? 

That's right. While many of us were feeling giddy watching Dr. Mike and Byron's scenes together, they weren't actually on speaking terms while off-screen. But how exactly did Jane Seymour and Joe Lando start dating? Well, it was in the most unexpected of ways. Seymour revealed that it all started when she jumped out of a car into Lando's truck after a flash flood hit the set of their show. 

"There was a flash flood, on the set, a real one, in which my car was being swept backwards, and I couldn't get out, because the guy who was driving it was an intern and did not want me out of the car," Seymour said in an interview with Us Weekly in September 2019. "I wound down the window and jumped out of that car into his truck. That was the beginning of a wonderful relationship," she added. 

Apparently, Jane Seymour and Joe Lando's post-breakup situation after filming the pilot for the show made it difficult for them to talk to each other as soon as the cameras stopped rolling in the succeeding episodes. 

"We didn't actually talk to each other, other than in dialogue or making out for about six or seven years," Seymour said in the same interview. "We, obviously, clearly loved one another and realized we couldn't be actually in real-life together. I think we just played it [off] as Michaela and Sully," Seymour explained.  

Seymour also admitted that their issues off-cam somehow allowed them to have some "sexual tension, that we wouldn't have had, if we'd been playing happy households or something."

Despite their indifferences, Seymour and Lando reconciled years later and became the closest of friends. In fact, the 'Wedding Crashers' star considers him as her "closest friend on the planet."

And now, fans have something exciting to look forward to this holiday season as Seymour and Lando will reunite for an upcoming Lifetime Christmas movie titled 'A Christmas Spark.' It will follow the story of a recently widowed named Molly (Seymour).

But is Seymour still down for a 'Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman' reboot? Well, Seymour said she thinks everyone in the show would definitely be interested. 

Were you surprised by the story behind Jane Seymour and Joe Lando's offscreen relationship? How do you feel about them being exes to becoming best friends? Let us know your thoughts, and pass this on to someone you think can relate to this story!