CHARLIE HUNNAM - HUNNAM'S FEARS FOR HOLMES

Actor CHARLIE HUNNAM feared for the safety of co-star KATIE HOLMES on the set of their movie ABANDON - because her stalker had just been released from jail and was allegedly harassing her again.

The British hunk enjoyed the company of the "shy" beauty even though she was evidently struggling to cope with the stalker's re-emergence in her life.

He says, "She was having a lot of problems with a stalker. He kept on breaking in to her home, so I think that was playing on her mind a lot.

"He'd been sent to a mental institution but, just as we arrived in Montreal (Canada) to start filming, he got out. The first thing he did was call her and say, 'Sweetie, I'm out. I'm coming to see you.'

"So she had all that to contend with. She was a very nice, normal and easy-going girl, but she was also very shy and private."