Actress
Naomi
Watts
has
reportedly
refused
to
work
with
her
partner,
actor-director
Liev
Schreiber
in
his
new
TV
series
Ray
Donovan
because
she
wants
to
keep
her
personal
and
professional
life
separate.
Schreiber,
who
has
been
in
a
relationship
with
Watts
since
2005,
plays
the
titular
character,
a
fixer
for
a
law
firm
to
the
rich
and
famous.
"Naomi's
made
a
point
of
distancing
herself
from
Liev's
career,
and
this
is
no
different.
She
doesn't
like
to
mix
business
with
pleasure.
Besides
that,
she
knows
Liev's
show
doesn't
need
her
help," contactmusic.com
quoted
a
source
as
saying.
The
opening
episode
of
Ray
Donovan
got
1.35
million
viewers,
making
it
the
biggest
premiere
in
Show-time's
history.
It
has
already
been
commissioned
for
a
second
series.
The
couple,
who
has
two
sons,
Sasha
(6),
and
Samuel
(4),
are
also
believed
to
have
made
an
agreement
with
each
other
to
avoid
starring
together
on
screen.
The
actress,
who
will
next
be
seen
playing
Princess
Diana
in
the
film
Diana
is
determined
to
stick
to
the
agreement
because
she
wants
to
keep
the
romance
alive
in
her
marriage.
"Naomi's
not
going
to
budge.
She
believes
working
on
the
show
would
kill
their
romance
and
she
thinks
Liev
will
thank
her
one
day
for
turning
him
down,"
she
added.