Halle Berry has revealed that she believes her co-star in the movie “Monster’s Ball,” Billy Bob Thornton, is very s**y.

She says that his s** appeal comes from the way he looks at people and the way he takes them in.

The two co-stars filmed what was apparently a very hot, frenzied s** scene on a closed set, with a minute’s worth of footage being cut to avoid an NC-17 rating.

The resulting footage was so passionate that director Marc Forster was blown away, saying that he felt like he was watching two people who had no idea they were being watched.

Berry plays Letitia, the wife of a death-row prisoner (played by Sean “Puffy” Combs), and Thornton is Hank, the emotionally scarred prison guard who executed him.

Thornton insists that his wife, Angelina Jolie, was not jealous of the scene, saying that they have a strong relationship and are the best friends in the world.

Berry’s husband of a year, Eric Benet, had a screening of the movie just for him to deal with the scene.

Berry admits that he did not like seeing her with another man like that but was proud of the risk she had taken.

Berry says that she and Thornton got really close really fast during the 21-day shoot.

The fact that both stars are secure in their marriages helped them leave their inhibitions at the door.

She says that it’s polar opposites sometimes that make the best chemistry.

Berry believes that the love scene was important to the movie, as it showed the characters getting their needs filled.

The 33-year-old actress says that her notorious “three-second boob shot” opposite Hugh Jackman in this year’s “Swordfish” prepped her for this role.

She says that if she hadn’t done that and been over it, when she got to the love scene in the “Monster’s Ball” script, she would have stopped reading and said, “Not for me.”

Berry couldn’t put the “Monster’s Ball” script down.

She was shocked, riveted, moved, sad, angry, and felt she could relate to the woman character.

Berry had a fight on her hands to convince Forster that despite her many glamorous roles in mainstream blockbusters, she could get down and dirty in a sparse, shoestring-budget film that veers from tender to shockingly brutal.

Ironically, the A-lister, who weathered rumors that she’d demanded a $300,000 bonus to take her top off in “Swordfish,” says she walked away from “Monster’s Ball” with just $5,000.

Berry is about to start filming the “X-men” sequel and is negotiating to play a villain in the next James Bond film.

She believes that she gave a career-changing performance in “Monster’s Ball.” Last week, she snagged the National Board of Review’s Best Actress award for the role and is in a strong position for the Oscar race.

When asked what an Academy Award would mean to her, in light of the years she spent struggling for recognition as a black actress in Hollywood, Berry bowed her head.

When she looked up, her eyes were brimming with tears.

“It would mean a lot,” she said simply.