Star Wars duo voted top 'love duds'

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Their romance in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, tops a poll which features movie pairings like Kate Beckinsale and Ben Affleck, and Andie MacDowell and Hugh Grant.

Affleck appears twice in the poll - once with Jennifer Lopez for the 54 million dollar (£27 million) 2003 flop Gigli. Despite the fact that Affleck and J-Lo were a real life couple, 17% of voters said their romance failed to sparkle on the big screen.

Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom were the highest Britons on the list - in third place, thanks to their roles in Pirates of the Caribbean. Around one in eight people (13%) in the poll carried out by cinema company Pearl & Dean thought there was too much of stiff upper lip in their romance and not enough lust.

Madonna and Italian actor Adriano Giannini are fourth for Swept Away, the 2002 box-office disaster directed by the pop superstar's husband Guy Ritchie.

Catherine Zeta Jones's on screen romance with Sir Sean Connery in the 1999 film Entrapment also failed to convince in fifth place, with 11% of votes, partly because of the 39-year age difference.

Hugh Grant and US star Andie MacDowell are sixth for Four Weddings and a Funeral, while Affleck also takes seventh place with Kate Beckinsale in Pearl Harbor.

The then married couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are ninth, for their raunchy roles in the Stanley Kubrick film Eyes Wide Shut.

Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal were ninth for their part as gay lovers in the cowboy film Brokeback Mountain followed by Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet with just 3% of the vote.

Pearl & Dean surveyed 3,000 film fans for the poll.

1. Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones) 19%
2. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez (Gigli) 17%
3. Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy) 13%
4. Madonna and Adriano Giannini (Swept Away) 12%
5. Catherine Zeta Jones and Sir Sean Connery (Entrapment) 11%
6. Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) 8%
7. Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale (Pearl Harbor) 7%
8. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut) 5%
8 Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain) 5%
10. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet (Titanic) 3%