Here's an article from people.com from Oct.20/05
"Sophia Bush 'Strong' Enough to Work with Ex"
One Tree Hill star
Sophia Bush says she has no problem shooting intimate scenes with her costar
Chad Michael Murray, despite the fact they are in the middle of a divorce.
"My job is my job, and my personal life is my personal life, and I keep them separate," the brunette beauty told
PEOPLE. "It's my job. It's not always easy, but it's my work – it's what I love and take pride in, and I won't let that slack because of personal circumstances."
Bush, 23, made the comments Tuesday night at the "
It Bags Against Breast Cancer" charity auction at Henri Bendel in New York. She was composed and forthright about the couple's split in September after five months of marriage – though she hinted that Murray's behavior was behind the breakup.
"I'm a big girl. I'm a strong girl," she told
PEOPLE.
"It's not that I don't respect other women in my position, but there are things I won't forgive. I have too much going on in my life to focus on."
Bush plays the character Brooke on
One Tree Hill, while Murray, 24, plays her love interest Lucas. The WB show's script has required the ex-couple to cozy up to each other. An insider recently told
PEOPLE: "Their story lines will be crossing as Brooke tries to get Lucas to come back to her. That will be the real test of their acting abilities."
At the time, the source said the two were "being professional and trying not to let this break between them affect their work or careers. They know that whatever's happened to them in real life has to stay home."
The couple met in 2003 while filming
One Tree Hill and were engaged in 2004. They married in April at Santa Monica's Hotel Casa Del Mar.
Source:
People.com
And one from the TV GUIDE:
BUSH TALKS TREE: Ever since Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray announced the end of their five-month marriage, One Tree Hill fans have wondered how it will affect the actors' TV romance as Brooke and Lucas. "You know what, the writers aren't going to change the story lines," Bush tells the New York Daily News, breaking her silence for the first time about the divorce. "I told them not to. I don't ever want the show to be predicated on my personal life." As for working alongside Murray these days, she admits, "I'm not gonna lie and say it's easy. [But] it's my job, and I love my job." In related news, who knew Sophia Bush could work the word "predicated" so seamlessly into a sentence? Not me.
(TV GUIDE)
*Attached are pictures of her at the "Henri Bendel Launches 'It Bags Against Breast Cancer' " Event* - pics from http://sophiabush.net/
Sophia designed a handbag that is being auctioned on eBay in support of the Young Survival Coalition which is dedicated to breast cancer.