Jelisaveta Orasanin and Pavle Mensur Make Red Carpet Debut

Jelisaveta Orasanin, 38, and Pavle Mensur, 27, appeared together in public for the first time. The couple arrived arm in arm at the premiere of “Kangaroo Comes Home” at Belgrade’s Sava Center on the evening of September 23.

The two have an 11 year age gap, according to Informer. Orasanin and Mensur are also co-stars, both appearing in the new film directed by Miroslav Momcilovic, alongside Andrija Kuzmanovic, Natasa Ninkovic, Ivana Dudic, Oliver Conic and Vesna Cipcic.

Who Walked the Red Carpet First

Just before the screening began, when the audience had started to wonder whether the film’s leads would even show up, the first to step onto the carpet were familiar faces from the entertainment scene: Era Ojdanic, Vesna Vukelic Vendi, Jovana Tipsin and Ceda Cvorek. Ivana Dudic arrived a little later, and only then did the rest of the cast follow, Kurir reports.

Jelisaveta and Pavle appeared last, but drew the most attention. Orasanin wore a dress with a deep cutout at the back, while Mensur wore a suit. Part of the audience criticized the actor for showing up on the red carpet chewing gum, while others defended the couple online, saying it was “just love.”

What Was Known Before the Premiere

Until their joint appearance, only rumors had circulated. Media outlets had previously reported trouble in Jelisaveta and Pavle’s relationship and a possible breakup. Mensur addressed the speculation on Instagram at the time, posting in defense of his relationship with his co-star before quickly deleting it. According to Informer, the couple reconciled just two days after the first breakup reports surfaced, at a hotel.

Their joint arrival on the Sava Center red carpet was thus the first time the couple appeared in front of cameras without speculation over whether they were even still together.

From Teodosic to Mensur

Orasanin and basketball player Milos Teodosic were married for nine years before divorcing. Her new relationship with her younger co-star Mensur began after the divorce, and the couple has since been a regular topic on social media, where their relationship is often compared to Orasanin’s marriage to Teodosic.

“Kangaroo Comes Home” follows a former footballer of the same nickname who built his career in England and, after a failed stint as a coach in London, returns to Serbia with his fiancee Elektra, while a British television crew films his homecoming for a documentary about him. It is a new, standalone story rather than a sequel to an earlier film, with Andrija Kuzmanovic in the lead role. The film has been in regular cinema release since September 24.