'Twilight' star Kellan Lutz says he had a crush on Ashley Greene, but she quickly became part of his friend group

• "Twilight" star Kellan Lutz said that he previously had romantic feelings for costar Ashley Greene. 
• Lutz said that she "quickly" became part of his group of friends and they stayed platonic.
• Greene said that being friends enabled them to "be there for each other."

"Twilight" star Kellan Lutz said that he had a crush on fellow cast member Ashley Greene, but they kept things platonic. 

"I remember she quickly became one of the guys, beautiful but also just so easy to get along with my group of friends. And then they'd always try and date her or something like that," Lutz said in the latest episode of costar Greene's podcast, "The Twilight Effect" with Kast Media.

Greene and Lutz starred as vampires named Alice Cullen and Emmett Cullen in the popular franchise, comprised of five movies: 'Twilight" (2008), "New Moon" (2009), "Eclipse" (2010), "Breaking Dawn: Part 1" (2011), and "Breaking Dawn: Part 2" (2012).

Greene and Lutz knew each other prior to costarring in the first film because they shared the same agents. Greene said that not dating anyone in her and Lutz's friend group allowed her to remain amicable with those people.

"We pretty quickly moved to the friends space, which was great," Greene said of her and Lutz. "And then we were able to be there for each other."

"Be there for each other and ask each other for advice," Lutz chimed in, adding that his friendship with Greene became invaluable because he could ask her for dating and financial advice.

In a recent interview with Insider, Greene said that it was "only natural" for the "Twilight" cast members to develop romantic feelings for each other.

"Being around each other solely four or five years of our life, it's kind of bound to happen and obviously some of them turned into relationships and some of them didn't," she said. 

In the years since the last "Twilight" installment was released in theaters, the stars have gone on separate parts professionally and personally. 

Lutz and Brittany Lutz (née Gonzales) got married in 2017 and welcomed their first child, daughter Ashtyn Lilly Lutz, on February 22, 2021.

Greene wed Paul Khoury in 2018 and the star's rep recently confirmed to People that the couple is expecting their first baby together.