Alice Englert leans on leading man Alden Ehrenreich‘s shoulder in this exclusive, new shot from the February 2013 issue of Nylon magazine.

The Beautiful Creatures stars chatted about being initially being turned away from the movie and their characters.

“The film was pitched to me poorly, as sort of a teen rip-off of those Twilight movies and I thought, ‘Uh, I don’t want to do that,’” Alden shared.

Alice added of playing Lena, “She learned humanity through love, and discovered you can be light and dark. That is what is real and human.”

Beautiful Creatures is out in theaters NOW.