'Twilight' star Kellan Lutz says he was 'surprised' that he and Nikki Reed didn't date because he 'felt so connected to her' during 'Breaking Dawn'

• "Twilight" actor Kellan Lutz said he's "surprised" that he and Nikki Reed never dated in real life.
• Lutz and Reed starred as love interests Emmett and Rosalie, respectively, in all five "Twilight" films. 
• Lutz said that he "fell in love with her as a human being in 'Breaking Dawn.'"

"Twilight" actor Kellan Lutz said that he's shocked that he and costar Nikki Reed never dated in real life while portraying love interests in the hit vampire franchise.

"Nikki was awesome," Lutz said in the latest episode of costar Ashley Greene's podcast, "The Twilight Effect" with Kast Media. "I really fell in love with her as a human being in 'Breaking Dawn' because we just had so much time to talk and she's really, really special, has such a kind heart."

"I remember I felt so connected to her," he added. "And I'm actually kind of surprised her and I didn't date throughout all this."

Lutz and Reed starred as Emmett Cullen and Rosalie Hale, respectively, in all five "Twilight" films released between 2008 and 2012: "Twilight," "New Moon," "Eclipse," "Breaking Dawn: Part 1," and "Breaking Dawn: Part 2."

Lutz said that it's common for costars who play love interests to date in real life. Though that wasn't the case for him and Reed, Lutz recalled the actress having "soft lips" when they kissed during a scene for "Breaking Dawn: Part 2."

"I feel like everyone had pretty great chemistry," Greene, who played Alice Cullen, said. 

In response, Lutz said that the same could be spoken about Greene and Jackson Rathbone, who starred as her love interest Jasper Hale. 

"I had such a crush on Jackson," Greene said. 

In a recent interview with Insider, Greene said that it was "only natural" for the "Twilight" cast members to develop romantic feelings for each other.

"Being around each other solely four or five years of our life, it's kind of bound to happen and obviously some of them turned into relationships and some of them didn't," she said.