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"Russell Crowe has denied dating his Les Mis\u00C3\u00A9rables co-star Samantha Barks. The 48-year-old actor was linked to his 22-year-old castmate after an Australian magazine claimed the two have a &amp;#039;special relationship&amp;#039;. But the star reacted to the rumours on Twitter and said: &amp;quot;@SamanthaBarks apparently we are an item according to Aussie magazines...sorry about that Sammi.&amp;quot;  An insider told New Idea magazine about their chemistry at the Oscars after-party: &amp;quot;She was continually touching his sleeve, giggling and sitting in awe of his every word, and he was lapping up every moment. It was electric watching them flirt, it was the buzz of the ball.&amp;quot; He recently tweeted they&amp;#039;d been working out together. He wrote: &amp;quot;Work out with @samanthaBarks 4km walk, 30 mins elliptical, 4 min prone hold, shoulder routine, leta,bench,turkish stand.&amp;quot; Samantha said of spending time together when they can: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve done a few gigs in New York so far but whenever we&amp;#039;re all free, we all just love to have a little jam... it&amp;#039;s wicked.&amp;quot;   The pair can be seen on set of Les Mis in a photo Samantha posted to her Instagram account. She captioned it: &amp;quot;This is one of my favourite on set pictures! Having boxing lessons with Russell in-between scenes! &amp;quot;We had the best time hanging out. It was awesome.&amp;quot; Crowe wrote about the actress ahead of the Oscars. He said: &amp;quot;Last tech rehearsals for the Big O done...next up...showtime..@SamanthaBarks will be looking amazing tonight, worth tuning in just for that.&amp;quot; Russell and his wife of nine years Danielle Spencer split up in October last year. He was recently linked to Natalie Imbruglia, but was angered by rumours and called them &amp;#039;bulls**t&amp;#039;. Watch Digital Spy chat to the stars of Les Mis below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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