Hirsch: My steamy scene with Cruz

Emile Hirsch has confessed that he rushed to accept a role in new film Twice Born - after learning he'd have a saucy scene with Penelope Cruz.

Penelope plays a single mother returning to present-day Sarajevo where her son's father (Emile) died during the Bosnian conflict in the film, directed by Sergio Castellitto.

Into The Wild star Emile told Collider: "I started reading the script, I'm reading it and I'm going, 'This is really interesting, this is like a really meaty drama,' and then I get to the sex scenes and I'm like, 'Wow, this is Penelope Cruz. I'm doing this movie now, let me just finish the script'.

"She's one of the hottest women in the world so first and foremost as a dude I was like, 'Yes' and second as an actor and an artist, I was like of course, this is an amazing story and the chance to work with Penelope, she's a great actress and Sergio is a great director."

Next up for Emile is drama The Motel Life, with Dakota Fanning and Stephen Dorff.