Such roles tend to get Eckhart more recognition in award competitions than in the pages of Us Weekly. The photography buff far prefers taking photos to appearing in them. Still, the U.K.'s Daily Mail had him involved with Catherine Zeta-Jones on the set of their 2007 romantic comedy No Reservations. And more recently the Daily Mail reported he had taken up with Jennifer Aniston, his co-star in the upcoming Traveling. (Neither one true, he says.)

In the "romantic dramedy," Eckhart plays a grief counselor who, upon his wife's death, tours the country giving seminars. He and Aniston meet and fall in love � but only on-screen.

"I was so happy when she agreed to do the movie," he says. "I can see why she is who she is."

And why "she gets mobbed all the time. One of these days I might make a move and date someone famous � just to see what it's like."

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But you've done comedy before. How was this different?

"This is a more physical comedy. I want to be funny in this movie � physically. I mean, it's not an attractive role. I'm not really playing a lead man in it. There's a lot of danger in it. You're making fun of yourself. You're getting in a Speedo. You're shaving your body. You're eating chocolate.

"Then you have to say, �Well, who's going to give me a chance to play this role? Are we going to do this for 50 million dollars for awards?' Probably not. �Do I want to go out and try something like that?' Yeah.

"This happens every single week. A small bill will come out where you'll have an actor who plays an unexpected character in a role. I think it's great. It's a way of refreshing ourselves. And I think that the public gains a quiet confidence in the actor. And next time he comes out in an action movie or a �stupid romantic comedy,' they just get a little bit of extra credence. A lot of these movies are what made our careers, too. Sometimes we're most remembered for those charming little movies - like Juno. Juno is still a really small movie. I had the same issues with Jason - all sorts of questions. What are you going to do? I have to play this role. It just happened with another movie. I just finished two and half months of a movie called Traveling with Jennifer Aniston. I had to play that character. There was no ifs ands or buts about it. And I was not first on that list. But we made it. We did it. Granted, it was a bigger budget. And it was with a studio."

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Speaking of making movie, Aaron Eckhart just wrapped filming the chick-flick "Traveling" alongside Jennifer Aniston and seemed to be very smitten by the former "Friend."

"Jennifer is a peach, she�s such a wonderful amazing woman to work with," Eckhart gushed. "Her reputation is well justified."

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Besides Sexhart, is E! Online trying to give Aaron a new nick - Eck-hon? Hmm!

Eckhart's Sweet Nothings on Aniston (source: E! Online - Click for more )

Aaron Eckhart, what a babe, huh? Well, The Dark Knight�s White Knight is just that in real life, so it seems. We asked the chiseled actor what it was like working with gossip girl Jennifer Aniston in their new movie, Traveling, which A.E. himself calls �a total chick flick.�

Says Eck-hon: �It was wonderful; she was awesome to work with. Good friend, sweet girl, total pro. She has just a heart of gold, and I totally enjoyed the experience.�

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Variety claim the movie to be a serious drama so don�t expect any Rom-Com softly-softly touches like Eckhart suddenly falling for this new love and it all being plain sailing with touches of light humour and slapstick comedy.

This actually promises to be quite dark with some similar sounding themes to that of Vertigo. Will Eckhart like Jimmy Stewart try and make this new love dress, walk and talk like his dead lover?

Aaron Eckhart on choosing projects:

"I take movies because when I�m reading the script I can see myself as that character doing those things and feel like I want to do those things; Certainly to the challenges in this movie of trying to make this guy a human being. I mean that, as an actor, is a challenge in creating empathy and doing these things. I�m saying to myself, �I can do this. I want to try to do this.� So in terms of choosing the biggest hits - I mean I haven�t done that. So that�s probably not my priority. I always feel like I have enough good material with good people to work with. I�ve never felt like I was out of the game, because I don�t put that kind of pressure on myself. There�s a lot I want to do. I don�t always get the scripts I want to do and sometimes I do get them, like Thank You For Smoking or this movie I have coming out called Traveling, with Jennifer Aniston. Those were two roles when I read them I said, �I will do these movies for nothing. I have to do these movies because the characters are so right for me.�"

I think I heard Jen saying that it comes out in April. I think it was in a Marley and Me interview.