'I was blown away... he's more than just Twilight': Lily Collins gushes over Taylor Lautner
By Alanah Eriksen
Last updated at 4:49 PM on 1st September 2011
Taylor Lautner was last week asked to pit his onscreen love and rumoured girlfriend Lily Collins against Twilight co-star Kristin Stewart.
But he remained diplomatic, refusing to choose sides as the brunette beauties both play Snow White in different movies for opposing film studios.
Today it was Lily's turn to feel the heat in an interview for fashion store ASOS.
Stylish: Phil Collins' daughter Lily, 22, donned the front of ASOS' latest magazine
But the 22-year-old daughter of British singer Phil Collins was more forthcoming about the teen heart-throb.
She appears alongside the 19-year-old in their new thriller, Abduction.
When asked what it was like acting with him, she said: 'I was blown away.
Battle of the brunettes: Lily will star in Brothers Grimm: Snow White while her rumoured boyfriend Taylor Lautner's Twilight co-star Kristin Stewart will play the titular character in a rival Snow White movie
'People know him from Twilight and see him as Jacob, but Jacob is not in this movie. I’ve heard him be compared to Tom Cruise – which is cool.'
Lily will play the titular character in Relativity's Brothers Grimm: Snow White alongside Julia Roberts who plays the Evil Queen.
Stewart, 21, will star in Universal's Snow White and the Huntsman alongside Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth.
Young love? Lily and Taylor are believed to have started a relationship after meeting on the set of their new movie Abduction
Taylor was asked at the MTV Video Music Awards on Friday who he thought would play the better Snow White.
Daddy's girl: Lily visits her father Phil in England every summer
He replied: 'It's tough. I mean, my excuse is they're so different. I can root for them both.'
He added: 'Kristen's going to be cool and edgy and dark. It's gonna be something new for her, and I think that's really exciting.
'Lily's gonna be great too. And a completely different feel.'
The couple are thought to have become close while working on their movie last year.
Although they have confirmed not confirmed they are dating. they have been spotted together on a number of occasions off set - even coordinating their outfits on occasion.
Lily visited Taylor on the set of the new Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn, in British Columbia and the pair shared an intimate meal while both donning jeans and black leather jackets.
They also attended a Pittsburgh Steelers game while filming Abduction in the city, and have caught flights and shared a number of meals together.
The actress looks gorgeous on the cover of ASOS' latest magazine and inside wearing a variety of outfits.
The shoot took place in Montreal where she’s filming her new blockbuster.
She revealed that everyone on the set called her 'Snow'.
The fashionista also told the magazine that she chased down head Chanel designer Karl Lagerfield during the Met Ball, New York's 'Fashion Oscars' at the Metropolitan Museum.
'I heard talk at the table he was leaving and I hadn’t met him yet,' she said.
'So I grabbed the PR person, and remember sprinting through the Met Museum in my Chanel dress and huge Chanel shoes just to say hello to him.'.
Black and white: Lily is the daughter of Phil's second wife Tavelman and moved to America from England when she was two
Lily is the daughter of Phil's second wife Jill Tavelman, with whom he is now divorced. She was born in Surrey but the family moved to America when she was two.
She visits her father's home in the country every summer and at Christmas when she is not filming.
Out now: The October issue of ASOS magazine, featuring Lily
She said: 'The funny thing is, when I'm in LA and I know I'm going to England I'll say I'm going home to England.
'When I'm in England, I'll say I'm going home to LA. I consider both of them home. I feel very half and half. I feel at peace in LA but when I come to England, I feel like Lily again. Both places are a part of me.
'I love going to the supermarket in England and getting my favourite foods - Marmite, Heinz beans, tea, Jaffa Cakes, digestives, rich tea biscuits... I miss it. West Sussex is so beautiful, a nice change of pace from LA. It's where I go to calm down.'
Collins started acting at the age of two, appearing in the BBC series growing Pains.
She made her movie debut in The Blind Side, playing the role of Sandra Bullock's daughter.
In 2009 she appeared in a Maxim magazine list as one of 'The Hottest Daughters of Rock Stars' and was this year named by MTV Networks' NextMovie.com as one of the 'Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011'.