Will Smith's Love-Scene Nerves in 'Seven Pounds'

Will Smith plays a conflicted man with a mysterious secret who decides to help seven strangers in the dramatic love story 'Seven Pounds.' Now, "The Insider"'s Lara Spencer gets the dish from Will and co-star Rosario Dawson about their love scene in the film together -- and married Will's nervousness about going through with it!

"I was very happy to lose my onscreen virginity to Rosario," says Will, who adds that wife Jada Pinkett Smith wasn't bothered at all by their love scene. "Jada said, 'Listen, you better not embarrass me, okay? You better show 'em what you're workin' with.'"

"He was extremely nervous and very shy," says Rosario about Will. "To see that sensitivity be a part of him is so beautiful and endearing to me."

In the film, Will plays Ben Thomas, an IRS agent who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers, including Woody Harrelson as a blind man and Rosario as a woman with a failing heart.

"It kind of lets people decide how they feel about it -- even what kind of movie it is," says Will. "Is it this wonderful romantic love story? Is it a tragedy? There's these fantastic ideas, and it's one of the best-written scripts that I've ever been involved with."

Catch Will and Rosario in 'Seven Pounds,' in theaters Dec. 19.

Published 12/19/08 by