Love Hewitt dating ex-Eastenders star

Jennifer Love Hewitt is said to be dating ex-Eastenders star Paul Nicholls.

The pair are co-stars in If Only, a romantic comedy, which is currently shooting in London. Hewitt is also a producer on the film.

According to America’s People magazine, 23-year-old Hewitt, who recently split with pop singer John Mayer, is besotted with Nicholls.

Hewitt’s breakthrough role came in the teen horror flick I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel.

She also starred in Heartbreakers and more recently in action hit The Tuxedo with Jackie Chan.

Nicholls, 23, from Bolton, Lancashire, played troubled Joe Wicks in Eastenders.

He left the show in 1997 and went on to appear on TV show City Central as well as doing television and big screen movies.