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    Reese Witherspoon on 'disappointing' sex scenes with Robert Pattinson

    The newlywed has revealed she didn’t enjoy shooting the film's steamiest moments. Find out why here…

    By Eleanor Young
    Published 14 April 2011 In News

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    The newlywed has revealed she didn’t enjoy shooting the film's steamiest moments. Find out why here…

    We may think she’s the luckiest woman in Hollywood, but newlywed starlet Reese Witherspoon has revealed filming Water For Elephants’ sex scenes with Robert Pattinson was 'disappointing'.

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    Oh dear.

    And the reason the sizzling shots were such a let down? Rob’s streaming cold.

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    ‘Rob possibly had the most hideous horrible cold of any co-star I've ever had to do a love scene with ever in my entire life,’ Reese joked to American In Touch magazine.

    ‘He was literally snorting and snotting through every second of it - and it was not appealing. I'm talking green, infectious, disgusting - I'm not kidding!’ 

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    Despite this, Rob and Reesegot on like a house on fire.

    ‘He's so amazing and wonderful and sweet and just the nicest guy too, so you can just add that to the soup,' Reese said of her co-star. ‘I mean, he's just so good looking and he's a really nice person,

    WATCH Rob and Reese in the latest Water for Elephants trailer here…

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    Last month, it was confirmed Rob and Reese will definitely be attending the UK premiere of Water For Elephants, set to be held in London, on May 3.

    The pair will join fellow star Christoph Waltz and director Francis Lawrence at the star-studded event, at Westfield's Vue cinema.

    Will you be first in line to see Water For Elephants when it hits screens? Let us know in the comments box below.

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