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She has made plenty of headlines in the tabloids -- Jude Law, the nanny, labeling Pittsburgh with a slightly offensive (but innately accurate) rhyming nickname.

Now, 25-year-old Sienna Miller aims to make news for her acting with her lead turn as Andy Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick in "Factory Girl."

Not that this film comes without its share of controversy. The biopic, which opens in Pittsburgh on Friday, had eight different editors working 24-hour shifts to make the original Dec. 29 release date, and prompted lawsuit threats from Bob Dylan

Last week, Miller has compelled to say, yes, she was indeed acting during love scenes with co-star Hayden Christensen. Rumors started when director George Hickenlooper, asked if the sex was real, replied, "I can't comment. You'll have to ask Sienna about it."

Miller said, "When you do a love scene there is a minimum of five people in the room. There's no real sex and the scene proves [it's] a good performance."

The actress also said she was terrified about watching the sex scenes at a screening she attended with her parents. "I was sitting next to my dad and I just literally leaned over and put my hands over [his eyes]. It's quite embarrassing."

Over a glass of apple juice, sitting in the sunny patio at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont, the lovely and charming English actress fielded other questions about her movie and her penchant for attracting a tabloid frenzy.

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Q. Do you think you can make people sympathize with Sedgwick's story?

A. That's the battle, isn't it? As far as I'm concerned, Edie was very mannered and pretentious and was quite la-dee-da. And it's either charming or pretentious. But hers is a tragic story -- the sexual abuse, the drug addiction. I've got my own sob stories, but they're pathetic compared to hers.

Q. One of the producers says your charisma is measurable. "When Sienna walks into a room, everything just stops." I would think that would make you self-conscious.

A. It would be awful, wouldn't it? It would make you completely self-conscious. But people seem to be carrying on quite nicely around us, don't you think?

Q. Do you own a leopard-skin pillbox hat?

A. I do. Not real leopard skin, but a good replica. It actually made its way into the film. You can see it in Edie's bedroom.

Q. Are you a Bob Dylan fan?

A. Oh my God, yes. "Blonde on Blonde," the new album, the Scorsese documentary. I love when someone at a concert shouts, "Judas!" (Miller breaks into a decent Dylan drawl.) "I don't belieeeeeeeeve you!"

Q. I read you turned down a role in the new "Bond" movie.

A. No! Not true! Even if I had turned down a role, I wouldn't publicly say it. That's an awful thing.

Q. I Googled you ...

A. Oh God. Those three words strike fear in my heart. It's like, "I've gone through your dirty knickers drawer. I've read your diary."

Q. Sorry. I didn't know. There was nothing that bad. Just that you bailed on Bond, partied at Sundance with P Diddy ...

A. For God's sake. Me and every other actress. I hung out for a minute with Diddy. But I don't know what to call him. Puffy? Puff? Sean? No romance at all. If I had slept with half the people I've been linked to ...

Q. So cross Josh Hartnett off the list ... that was the next Google item.

A. You're not allowed to have a conversation or have male friends. You meet actors, you're sitting next to someone having a conversation and next thing there are reports of you snogging on the sofa. It's absurd. Josh is a friend.

Q. OK. Since you're a free agent, what are you looking for in a man?

A. Intelligence. And food. Intelligence and oysters will do fine. Enthusiasm is attractive. And a sense of humor. A not conventionally attractive person with a sense of humor and fierce intelligence is very attractive -- and long-lasting. Looks fade. Intelligence grows -- hopefully.

Q. For Valentine's Day, then, a man should bring oysters and a good book?

A. A nice meal and maybe some rose petals on a bath. I don't know. I like to be surprised.

Q. Surprises are the best gifts. It's like when someone asks, "What do you want for Christmas?".

A. A Kawasaki quad bike! (Laughs.) I don't know ... sometimes a girl knows exactly what she wants.