Amy Adams feared she'd given Bradley Cooper a black eye filming 'American Hustle'.
The 39-year-old actress says she got so carried away shooting a violent scene in the 1970s-set crime caper that she hit her hunky co-star a little too hard.
She explained: "[Director] David [O. Russell] pushes his actors into a space where you don't really know what's going to happen. But in one scene I wish I hadn't let myself get caught up in that atmosphere.
"There's a scene where I was supposed to hit Bradley. I wasn't hitting him hard enough and David kept yelling, 'Hit him. Hit him.' And Bradley kept yelling, 'C'mon, hit me, hit me!' So I finally hit him, but I whacked him so hard that his face began to swell and I was crying because I thought I'd given him a black eye."
Despite the chaotic on-set moment, Amy has praised her 39-year-old co-star for being so encouraging to the cast and crew.
She told LOOK magazine: "He will do anything. Bradley's the cheerleader on set. He's like, 'Let's do this, come on, everybody!' He's my hero in this film."

Pixie Lott doesn't think it's healthy to stay friends with ex-boyfriends.
The 'Nasty' singer is currently loved up with her model boyfriend Oliver Cheshire and thinks part of the reason their romance is going so well is because she doesn't try to maintain relationships with any of her exes.
When asked if it's possible to stay friends with an ex, she said: "It's really hard, I think. I had a few flings before Oliver and we haven't stayed friends, but I don't know whether it would be healthy to anyway."
The 23-year-old blonde beauty also admitted that although it's difficult she has had to cut ties with friends in the past and claims it's all a part of getting older.
She said: "If a friend turns out to be someone that you don't like or can't agree with, sometimes that's when you should start questioning things. I think it's part of growing up and it happens to a lot of people."
Pixie feels like she takes her family and friends for granted and says if she was to do a good deed every day for a week it would be to appreciate them more.
She told Top of the Pops magazine: "Maybe I should ring my friends and family everyday. But then again, they might get annoyed with me telling them I love them all the time on the seventh day, ha-ha!"

Fergie's son is already starting his singing career.
The 'Fergalicious' singer's son with Josh Duhamel, Axl - named after Guns 'N Roses singer Axl Rose - may only be six months old, but he's already following in his mother's footsteps.
She told Us Weekly Magazine: "When I sing, he'll look at me and laugh and try to chime in."
Josh added: "He makes the funniest sounds. He gets very proud of himself."
The family have temporarily relocated to Austin, Texas, and Josh, 41, is so pleased they can be together while he is filming new movie 'Lost in the Sun'.
He told Us Weekly magazine: "She's here with me now. She's staying with me. We've got a house and the whole thing. We're one happy family in Austin, Texas."
The couple, who usually live in Los Angeles, initially had a strict rule about not being apart for more than two weeks but Josh admits they don't need the rule any more because he wants to be with his family all the time.
He admitted: "I can't stay away from my boy for that long, or her."

Luisa Zissman's parents have met Dappy.
The former 'Apprentice' star hit it off with the rapper in the 'Celebrity Big Brother' house earlier this year and since then they have been spending time together.
The brunette beauty insists her parents have taken to the "sweet" former N-Dubz star, but the pair are yet to confirm their relationship.
Talking about a party they recently attended together, she said: "Well, it wasn't just us two, so it wasn't romantic. It was just me, my manager, Dappy's team and my parents - they get along very well with Dappy, they think he's very sweet."
She added to Britain's OK! magazine: "Dappy has met my parents and my dad loves him because he's Greek. So he's got my dad's seal of approval."
While Luisa hasn't met Dappy's parents she has been in touch with his famous cousin Tulisa Contostavlos and reckons the pair are similar.
He said: "Lulu hasn't met my mum but I know my family would love me to date her."
Luisa chimed: "I have met Dappy's cousin Tulisa. I love her!"
Dappy added: "They're so similar! When Lulu and I had that big row on 'Big Brother' it was because she reminds me so much of T."

Amanda Bynes has returned to Twitter.
The 'Easy A' actress, who completed three months of psychiatric treatment for both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in December, posted her first message on the social networking site in months on Friday (28.02.14) to tell her fans that she loves them.
Clearly eager to start afresh after enrolling in the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in California, the 27-year-old actress deleted all her old tweets and wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm busy studying at @FIDM but I want to say I love you to my fans! Xoxo Amanda."
The 'What I Like About You' star was said to be "horrified" by crude comments she made about Drake on Twitter last year when she said she wanted the rapper to "murder my vagina," and posted dozens of positive and negative messages about him on an almost daily basis.
The 'Hairspray' actress reached a plea deal in her driving under the influence (DUI) case on Monday (24.02.14), after her lawyer managed to get the charges from 2012 dropped so she could plead no contest to a lesser charge of alcohol-related reckless driving.
Although Amanda escaped jail and a fine, she was placed on three years probation and ordered to attend three months of alcohol education classes.

Ariel Winter's mother has been ordered to return almost $4,000 to her father.
The 'Modern Family' star, who plays Alex Dunphy on the comedy series, was placed under the temporary guardianship of her older sister, Shanelle Grey, in October 2012 after she claimed her mother, Chrisoula Workman, was abusing her physically and emotionally.
A judge in Los Angeles ruled on Friday (28.02.14) that Chrisoula must formally turn over nearly $4,000 in residual cheques to the 16-year-old star's father, Glen Workman, who has control of his daughter's finances.
He claimed that Chrisoula cashed their daughter's cheque and deposited it into the account of the young actress' production company.
The judge ordered Chrisoula to turn over the money by March 14, and was told not to make any representations that she is still affiliated with the production company, Winter Sky, according to gossip website RadarOnline.com.
Ariel previously admitted she has never been happier and feels like a "normal" teenager since moving in with her sister.
She said: "My life is definitely more normal -- and that'll help me grow up like I'm supposed to.
"Sunday we have family dinner. It's just a different experience for me because I have more of a family life. I'm really happy.
"My sister is the most amazing woman I've ever met in my life. If I could be half the woman she is ... she's kind of who I want to be like.
"[Shanelle] supports me in everything I do, and so does my brother-in-law David. Both are kind of like my biggest supporters."

Drake has parted ways with his his PR team.
The 'Hold On, We're Going Home' hitmaker was allegedly dropped by his representatives at ID-PR, shortly after complaining about being ditched from the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in favour of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
A source told Billboard.com that the firm, which handled publicity for his third album 'Nothing Was The Same,' as well as his current Would You Like A Tour? which wraps in London on March 26, initiated the split after the 27-year-old star posted a series of furious tweets, which have since been deleted, about the magazine's decision not to feature him on the cover after the 'Capote' star's tragic death from an apparent heroin overdose last month.
He wrote: "I'm disgusted with that. RIP to Philip Seymour Hoffman. All respect due. But the press is evil."
He later added: "I'm done doing interviews for magazines. I just want to give my music to the people. That's the only way my message gets across accurately."
Another source told the New York Post's Page Six that the rapper's comments were "the last straw," as he previously had a lot of drama behind-the-scenes with ID-PR and allegedly hadn't shown up for several other magazine shoots and TV appearances the firm had arranged.
The source said: "It's a shame that someone with so much talent is surrounded by kids who are burning bridges left and right."
The insider also claimed he had issues with Hollywood agency ICM Partners and another of his former firms, The Chamber Group, in the past.
A spokesperson for ID-PR told RadarOnline.com: "Drake is an incredibly talented artist, and we're proud of our results for [his new album] 'Nothing Was the Same' and Would You Like a Tour? We wish him the best."

Kendra Wilkinson is not looking forward to going into labour.
The 'Kendra On Top' star is set to have her second child, a daughter, with husband Hank Baskett in May and while she admits she's being pampered, she isn't looking forward to the actual process of giving birth.
Speaking at OK! Magazine US's Pre-Oscar party at Greystone Manor in West Hollywood she told BANG Showbiz: "The best thing about being pregnant is how spoiled I am, every day is just spoil, spoil, spoil. I get everything I want, I sleep in, I have everything I want in my life right now.
"The worst thing is the pain, my feet are swollen right now, and just the thought of labour, its crazy knowing its coming up."
Despite the discomfort of the birth, Kendra, 28, added she is planning to film it live for her reality show. She also says she is meticulously involved in every aspect of the show and what it includes.
Speaking at the event - which was sponsored by Ciroc vodka - she added: "I'm an executive producer, so I have as much control over the show as anybody.
"I have editing rights and everything, but do I actually use them? No, because that's where the team's skills lie.
"You have to be smart to be in reality, you can't be dumb. You have to put together a plan, you can't just go and shoot whatever, as you'd be wasting people's money."

Jamie Dornan changed the way he walks while filming 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'
The Northern Irish actor decided to improve his strut after a dance instructor on the set informed he looked awkward and was "quite bouncy," and now applies the heel-to-toe technique every day.
The 31-year-old former model told the UK's 'The Graham Norton Show': "So basically, I've always had a complex with the way I walk. I've not always been told I've got a bad walk, but someone's always commented on my walk. It's always been a bit like, 'alright. That's how you walk?' "
The actor, who welcomed his first child, a baby girl, with wife Amelia Warner in December, made the discovering while taking dancing classes before shooting a scene for the film, during which his character Christian Grey twirls Anastasia Steele, played by Dakota Johnson, around the dance floor.
He said: "It was like foxtrot, it was very classic. I was really struggling with it, and the dance teacher said, 'you know what you need to do. Just think about it as walking', and I was like 'okay.' And I'm 31-years-old, literally the first thing you learn in life is to walk. And I was like, 'that's funny. I'm not great walking.'"
The instructor had a simple solution for him told him to think about "heel-to-toe."
Jamie added: "No one ever told me that! I was always toe-to-more-toe! Now I just apply that every day, when I'm walking around."

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have named their third son Apollo.
The 48-year-old Bush frontman confirmed they welcomed a baby boy into the world in Los Angeles on Friday (28.02.14), and they decided to include both of their mother's maiden names in the tot's unusual moniker.
He wrote on Twitter on Saturday (01.03.14): "Welcome Apollo Bowie Flynn Rossdale 2/28/14. Bowie and Flynn = [our] mothers' maiden names."
The couple also have sons, Zuma, five, and Kingston, seven, together, while Gavin has daughter Daisy Lowe, 25, with ex-girlfriend Pearl Lowe.
The No Doubt beauty, 44, revealed in January that she was expecting another son.
She wrote on Instagram: "I was ready to hand over the crown. But I guess I am still queen of the house. #itsaboy #surroundedbyboys."
Gwen was joined by friends, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Alba and Nicole Richie, at her baby shower at the Hotel Bel Air on February 8.
The 'Settle Down' singer posted a photograph of a table of blue sweet treats at the event on her Instagram page, with the caption: "Baby shower!!! #can't believe im pregs thanku Shelli Azoff for a beautiful #girlyday =blessed (sic)"

Jennie Garth was upset when she received a self-help book from her daughter.
The 'Mystery Girls' star admitted that her eldest child Luca, 15, presented her with a copy of 'S**t Happens So Get Over It' for Christmas, following her split from Peter Facinelli in 2012 after 11 years of marriage.
The 41-year-old actress, who is preparing to release her new memoir 'Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde' next Tuesday (04.03.14), told PEOPLE.com: "I thought, 'Are you kidding me? I can't believe she's so insensitive!' "
But Jennie confessed the book actually ended up being a "wake up call" for her and earned a permanent place on her living room coffee table.
The former 'Beverly Hills 90210' star, who also has daughters Lola, 11, and seven-year-old Fiona with her ex-husband, insisted her autobiography doesn't focus on the divorce, which was finalised last June.
She said: "It's not a salacious tell-all. It's my journey and an introspective look at things I've experienced in my life."
She added: "It feels good to be busy and be creative. I feel like I'm fulfilling my destiny now in a way that I never have."
Jennie has dated a number of men since her split from 'Twilight Saga' star Peter, who is in a relationship with Jaimie Alexander, but she is currently single.

Gwen Stefani has given birth to her third child.
The No Doubt singer and her rocker husband Gavin Rossdale, 48, welcomed another baby boy into the world on Friday (28.02.14), according to UsMagazine.com.
The couple, who already have sons, Zuma, five, and Kingston, seven, divide their time between London and Los Angeles, and their son was born in Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in West Hollywood.
The 'Settle Down' hitmaker, 44, revealed in January that she was expecting another son.
She wrote on Instagram: "I was ready to hand over the crown. But I guess I am still queen of the house. #itsaboy #surroundedbyboys."
Gwen was joined by friends, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Alba and Nicole Richie, at her baby shower at the Hotel Bel Air on February 8.
A source revealed at the time: "People cheered as soon as she walked in.
"There were lots of people laughing and it seemed like everyone was having a lot of fun. It was very lively!"
Other guests at the afternoon tea party included chat show host Chelsea Handler, celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe and Tobey Maguire's jewellery designer wife, Jen Meyer.
Gwen posted a photograph of a table of blue sweet treats at the event on her Instagram page, with the caption: "Baby shower!!! #can't believe im pregs thanku Shelli Azoff for a beautiful #girlyday =blessed (sic)"