Reese with Jake!

Even as REESE WITHERSPOON stays mum on reports that she is seeing her Rendition co-star JAKE GYLLENHAAL, photographs of the new lovebirds holding hands and hugging while they visited tourist sites in Rome together are speaking louder than a thousand words.

Mere days after denying she was romancing the Broke back Mountain star, Reese, 31, has been seen getting all lovey-dovey with Jake, far away from prying eyes of the Los Angeles paparazzi. "I' have known Jake for years through different friends and he is just wonderful," Reese had insisted previously, adding that her relationship with the handsome actor is purely platonic (yeah right!). He's very kind, generous and funny. It's been nice these past days to laugh a little bit. Yeah, he's great and I look forward to maybe making another film with him."

The couple reportedly started seeing each other earlier this year after meeting on the set of their movie, and except for a brief split in between, certainly seem to be fanning the flames of their new romance. But she still won't talk! In fact, the closest Reese has come to revealing her feeling about Jake, 26, took place during an interview with ELLEN DEGENERES, when she agreed with Ellen's assessment that Jake was "cute". "Yeah. He's great," she replied with a laugh.