SPIDER-MAN star Kirsten Dunst ignored her boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal's good looks when she first met him - because she was most attracted to his acting talent.

The Hollywood actress has been dating the GOOD GIRL hunk for two years and admits his on-screen skills most drew her to her beau when she met him in person.

She says, "Talent is such a turn-on. If he looked the way he does when and was a bad actor and not a nice person, I wouldn't be into him.

"He's just smart, thoughtful, goofy, sweet and not trying to be somebody he's not."

And Dunst has since found that Gyllenhaal's talents extend far beyond the movie screen.

She notes, "He's a really good cook. I love everything he makes. One birthday, he made me a six-course meal of all my favourite foods: butternut squash soup, braised short ribs, coconut cake..."

14/07/2004 02:27