The filming of the new X-Men movie is going to contain a classic ex-relationship ‘awkward’ moment. The franchise’s stars Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult, who portray the characters Mystique and Beast, are set to film a sex scene in X-Men Apocalypse.

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'X-Men' co-stars Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult

Lawrence and Hoult first met on the set of one of the previous films in the series, X-Men: First Class, in 2011. But in August this year the pair announced their split, citing busy schedules.

To those unfamiliar with the X-Men series, the two characters originally came together because of their shared desire to be normal. Hoult’s character Beast / Hank develops a serum using Mystique / Raven’s blood in order to keep them in their human forms and thus blend in to society, but Mystique then refused to take it and eventually left to join the franchise’s baddie Magneto.

In this year’s instalment X-Men: Days of Future Past, the two did not give any indication that their characters would rekindle any sort of romance, so it’ll be interesting to see what plot arcs the new film comes up with to engineer a reconciliation between them.

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Since their real life split, 24 year old Lawrence has been spotted on a number of occasions with Coldplay’s lead singer Chris Martin, including on the American leg of their latest tour. Hoult, meanwhile, is reported to be romantically linked to his ‘Equals’ co-star Kristen Stewart. The two were recently seen together at party for Cinema Society in New York.

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Jennifer Lawrence, star of 'The Hunger Games' is widely rumoured to be dating Coldplay singer Chris Martin

Lawrence, as if it needed mentioning, has recently been the focus of a huge amount of media attention following the hacking of private photographs belonging to her last month.