Owen's love dash for Kate

THEY say they're not a couple, but funnyman Owen Wilson has flown back to Australia to be with fellow Hollywood star Kate Hudson.

THEY say they're not a couple, but Owen Wilson has flown back to Australia to be with fellow Hollywood star Kate Hudson.

The A-list pair was snapped on the Gold Coast yesterday for the first time since reuniting on Valentine's Day.

But Hollywood's 'Mr Nice Guy' was far from impressed and angrily jostled and swore at the photographer, shocking fans who had waited at Pacific Fair to catch a glimpse of him.

Wilson reportedly flew in from the US for a surprise Valentine's Day visit and has spent the past few days holed up with Hudson at the Palazzo Versace hotel.

The two met on the set of You, Me and Dupree, and their romance has been the worst kept secret since 'Brangelina' - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -but despite being common fodder for gossip magazines, nobody had photographed the pair together outside of official film engagements.

They were keen to keep it that way yesterday, going to great lengths to avoid being caught in the same frame during a bicycle ride in Southport by riding on opposite sides of the street.

Later in the afternoon, the pair ducked for cover when they spotted lenses outside the Pacific Fair cinema, where a pre-screening of Hudson's film, Fool's Gold, was being held for cast and crew members.

The pair walked hand-in-hand to the back door of the cinema but leapt apart and headed for separate doors when they realised a photographer was present.

Wilson is widely known as the Mr Nice Guy of Hollywood, but he was so keen to avoid being snapped that he twice shoved the Bulletin photographer out of the way as he rushed up the stairs.

A fan waiting in the cinema foyer said she was shocked to see the star's violent outburst.

"We were going to ask him for a photograph but when we saw him trying to ram the photographer we were too scared, and we couldn't even look at him," said Jemima O'Neill.

"We had been waiting for nearly two hours, but he was so angry we thought there is no way we are going to ask him for a photograph now."

Other stars at the event were more gracious. Donald Sutherland stopped to smile and pose for the camera at the door.

Matthew McConaughey was less keen to be photographed, but did speak to fans.

Emily Pead said she had approached the star for a picture, but he had politely declined.

"We saw Matthew McConaughey and asked him for a photograph, but he said 'no, not right now, sorry'," Ms Pead said.

"He was wearing a black beanie so I said to him, 'you have a nice beanie' and he said, 'thanks, it keeps my head warm'. Then we skulked away."

Ms Pead said she had been both star-struck and 'under the influence of lust' while talking to the super hunk.

"He had his shirt undone and I saw the line of his pecs," she said.