Zooey and Justin are Cutie Pies

In an interview with USA Today, Zooey Deschanel and Justin Gordon-Levitt discussed their onscreen chemistry and Zooey's habit of sticking with guys.

Some in the media noticed how well the pair mesh together in their two common films, 2001's Manic and this week's (500) Days of Summer, and assumed a real romance:

"That illuminates a certain hang-up as a culture," Gordin-Levitt said. "There can be all sorts of fireworks and creativity and beauty that comes from a relationship that's not [romantic]."

Despite her engagement to Ben Gibbard, lead singer for Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service, Deschanel fields the same assumption about her close relationships with coworkers such as Gordon-Levitt in movies, M. Ward in the band She & Him. Asked how she developed such close relationships with so many ...

"With duuuudes?" Deschanel completes the interviewer's question.

"I don't think you're tomboyish. But you're strong," Gordin-Levitt chimes in.

"I like having men and women around," Zooey adds. "People tend to stick to one or the other. I know a lot of guys who have all guy friends, or girls who have all girlfriends. You need both to be balanced. I maybe have a little bit of a tomboyish side, but I'm not climbing trees. Not fixing cars."

These two are so darling together. We can't wait to see them again on-screen in (500) Days of Summer, when it opens on Friday. Some have called it  Garden State Part 2, but it's so much more than that!