Josh stops at Amber light
From Sydney Confidential
November 23, 2006 09:09am
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HOLLYWOOD hunk Josh Hartnett has gone into damage control after returning to the Auckland set of his new movie from his cosy weekend away in Sydney with a co-star.
Confidential can reveal his companion in Sydney was New Zealand actress Amber Sainsbury, who has a small role in the thriller
30 Days of Night. With the low-key weekend trek to Sydney fuelling speculation his relationship with screen siren Scarlett Johansson is on the rocks, Hartnett has shot down talk of a romantic link with his 26-year-old co-star to fellow cast and crew.
According to insiders on the set, the 28-year-old star of
Pearl Harbour and
Black Hawk Down is denying he and Sainsbury are anything more than friends, insisting he actually knows the Kiwi actress's boyfriend.
But Hartnett and Sainsbury certainly looked more than friendly during their stay on the weekend at Woolloomooloo hotel Blue.
The US actor was spotted with his arm around his companion as they left Darlinghurst cafe Forbes and Burton on Sunday morning after a late breakfast - their second visit in as many days to the diner.
"Josh got jumped on by a few different people to get photos taken so she went outside the cafe," an onlooker said.
"But when he eventually went out he put his arm around her as they walked across the street. There was a level of intimacy there."
The pair ducked for cover when
Confidential caught up with them as they were leaving Sydney on Sunday night - Sainsbury bolting into the airport terminal covering her face with a jacket and bag and Hartnett telling photographers to "get f...ed".
While Hartnett was denying any romantic attachment on set, his girlfriend Johansson's publicist Marcel Parisbeau would not confirm whether the Hollywood couples had split.
"(I) don't comment on clients' personal lives," Parisbeau said.
A publicist for
30 Days of Night did not return calls.