Orlando Bloom confessed that he loves kissing Keira Knightley while filming the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels.

“She’s a great kisser and a lovely, and very funny, person,” he said. “She’s absolutely gorgeous.”

You think? Bloom did admit that he does find shooting love scenes strange.

“Kissing scenes are a bit peculiar. It’s like you play at it,” he said.

Bloom, 29, who has been linked to Kate Bosworth, Claire Danes and Sienna Miller, may have an edge over many of his actor counterparts if he ever wants to make a serious play for Keira’s heart. In the July issue of InStyle, Knightley says she prefers British men.

“Ask an American guy what his beauty regime is, and he’ll tell you. Ask a Brit, and he’ll say, ‘Er… Guinness?’ I like that,” she said.

The actress, 21, does admit to an affinity for one American: Johnny Depp, her co-star in the Pirates franchise. Asked which of her leading men was the best kisser, she replied, “Johnny Depp certainly wasn’t bad.”

Knightley is currently dating British actor Rupert Friend, 24, her c-ostar in 2005’s Pride & Prejudice, for which she garnered an Oscar nomination.

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