Ryan Dunn

By GEORGINA LITTLEJOHN

Close: Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, seen here on set of Dream House together in March this year, were seen looking cosy in Somerset this weekend

They were first linked together last month after she was said to be 'smitten' with her Bond co-star.

But despite quashing the rumours they were an item, Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig will have trouble denying their romance now after they were snapped hand-in-hand during a cosy Christmas break together.

Pictures in the News of the World today show the pair, who star together in Dream House due to be released next year, laughing and holding hands while away together in Somerset.

Craig, 42, and Weisz, 40, were pictured bundled up against the cold as they went for a stroll by the £1,000 a week cottage near Yeovil.

According to sources, they left the cosy bolthole on Christmas Eve and headed to the local pub.

An onlooker said: 'Daniel and Rachel looked like a romantic couple in a film. They were laughing and hanging on to each other's words and stopping to take photos of each other.'

And one fellow customer in the pub added: 'They were clinging to each other like honeymooners. The chemistry was obvious.'

The pair, who have know each other for several years, were brought together to star alongside each other in Dream House, due for release next year.

Old friends: Weisz and Craig are pictured together at a screening on Enduring Love in New York in 2004

Weisz plays the wife of a New York publishing executive, played by Craig, who relocates his family to a town in New England only to discover their perfect home was the murder scene of a mother and her two children.

They were then romantically linked last month after Weisz split from her fiancé director Darren Aronofsky.

Split: Weisz with ex-fiance Darren Aronofsky at the premiere of his new film Black Swan in September, two months before they went their separate ways

And shortly afterwards, Weisz and Aronofsky issued a joint statement
that said: 'Rachel Weisz and Darren Aronofsky have been separated for some months.

‘They remain close friends and are committed to raising their son together in New York.’

Craig got engaged to producer Satsuki Mitchell two years ago after he proposed with a Cartier ring and said she helps keep him grounded.