Lily Collins: screen kisses with Jamie Campbell Bower are "super unsexy"

 
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Lily Collins says that filming kissing scenes between her and her rumoured boyfriend Jamie Campbell Bower in new film The Mortal Instruments was "super unsexy".

The 24-year-old actress, who is the daughter of rocker Phil Collins, stars alongside Jamie Campbell Bower in The Mortal Instruments. Although the two are rumoured to enjoy an off-screen romance, she says filming kissing scenes between them was a turn-off.

She said: "I promise you that it is super awkward ... and super unsexy because everyone's staring."

Lily remained coy when asked about whether she is together with Jamie, who split from his fiancée Bonnie Wright last year.

She told Glamour magazine: "We took that chance and ...whatever ... it is what it is. People are cast because they have chemistry. You're spending 24 hour days together and it's intense.

"You have that connection with each other and sometimes that translates to more."

Lily - who is also rumoured to have had a fling with Taylor Lautner - has previously said it was "inevitable" she would become an actress, rather than following in her famous father's footsteps.

She said: "I started acting when I was two. I think becoming an actress was inevitable as I've always loved dressing up and telling stories, but it was never pushed upon me. I wanted to be a lawyer, ballerina, fashion designer and work at the supermarket. But whatever I wanted to do I was supported."

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