Joel Edgerton and Alexis Blake call off engagement as relationship continues to twist and turn Alexis Blake and Joel Edgerton in Sydney. Picture: Getty Images Source: Supplied JOEL Edgerton has cooled the jets on his relationship with fashion designer Alexis Blake. Confidential understands the couple has called off their engagement, although they remain in an on-again off-again relationship. Blake is based in Bali with her young daughter, while Edgerton has spent the past few months filming Jane Got A Gun in America alongside Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor. CELEBRITY: Joel Edgerton 'nuts' for new love Alexis Blake "Joel is very private and we don't comment on his personal life," this representative said when asked for comment. But a friend told Confidential the actor "falls in and out of love quickly." He fell hard but has pulled back a bit more recently. They're in different countries and it is hard to keep it all going. Blake was with Edgerton as he toured the world to promote Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. It was in Cannes Confidential reported the couple had become engaged, photographed together with rings on their wedding fingers. FILMS: Tension between Leo DiCaprio and Joel Edgerton Blake lives in Denpasar but grew up in Brisbane. She met Edgerton through mutual friends in Bali last year. He'd previously been one of Sydney's most eligible bachelors, dating a string of women from Cathy Freeman to Isabel Lucas.