George Clooney apparently swayed the affections of the "world's hottest human rights lawyer" by emailing her into submission.
The actor, 53, who met 36-year-old Amal Alamuddin through a mutual friend at a fundraising event last September, first secured her email address after she refused to take his phone number.
"I think the reported hottest man in the world should meet with the hottest human rights lawyer in the world," one of his messages, seemingly obtained by The Mirror but possibly entirely made up, read.
"At first Amal was playing very hard to get and would not take his phone number, which simply made George even more intrigued," a friend of the couple apparently told the publication.
"In the end he managed to get her email address and began sending her a series of flirty messages. He was very up front and joked about the fact they were both considered the hottest people in their respected professions.