He met his second wife actress
Maryam d'Abo when she came to see him about wanting to play the leading role of Jane in his film
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). She felt that he already had someone else in mind for the role, since
Andie MacDowell played Jane in the finished film. Maryam didn't connect with him until 15 years later at a dinner party. They became involved and married four years later in 2003.