United Kingdom, July 24 -- Al Pacino once rejected Winona Ryder for being too young for him.

The 85-year-old actor worked with the 53-year-old actress on the 2002 comedy Simone and while Winona believed she was "actively in love with him" but he turned her down because of her age, only to go on to date someone younger than her.

Winona told ELLE UK magazine: "'I was absolutely in love with Al Pacino when I was working with him. We were doing that workshop for Richard III, which I didn't know was gonna be a movie. I was actively in love with him. He was obsessed with coffee, and he would take me all over New York - like, to the weirdest places - to try different coffees. I'm 22, or whatever. Finally, he's dropping me off wherever I'm stay...