Actress Amanda Seyfried admits she was ”desperate” for Dominic Cooper to fall in love with her when they first met.

The ‘Mamma Mia!’ actress has denied rumours she and her co-star have split up, but admits her feelings for the British hunk have always been much stronger than his are for her.

She said: “I waited around. I was pretty desperate for a while. It was about three years ago, and the desperation lasted for 18 months. I waited and waited while he figured his s**t out. It was meant to be, it was meant to happen, and I was meant to wait for him. At the time it’s hard and you don’t know if what you’re doing is right or wrong; that’ll come out later in life.

“If I have strong feelings for someone, I’m going to tell them immediately and they can do what they want with it. Thankfully, it’s usually been mutual in my life, but this relationship wasn’t mutual for a while.”

Although Amanda claims she and Dominic are happy and settled in their relationship, the blonde beauty admits they have split up before.

She added to heat magazine: “I walked away a couple of times, then I walked right back!

“We’re flippant and serious. In my first two relationships, I didn’t have that balance at all. In my recent relationship, we have the perfect balance. We can go deep into thought and analyse things together, but then we can also be silly. That’s what I love about Dominic – he can be so light and willing to give and take, and change. It’s a wonderful thing when you have that balance, and when you don’t have it something is missing.”

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