Theron at a basketball game in Los Angeles. (Reuters)

Los Angeles, May 5 (PTI): They have played lovers on the silver screen and it looks like Hollywood superstars Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves have embarked on a real-life relationship.

They were seen leaving a restaurant in Beverly Hills on Monday night where they exchanged a series of kisses and hugs, reports TMZ online (www.tmz.com). The couple quickly broke away after noticing the photographers waiting nearby.

Theron, who split from her boyfriend of six years Stuart Townsend earlier this year, had her hands wrapped around Reeves.

But when they realised they had been caught in the act, they broke off contact. The pair played lovers in the 2001 romantic hit Sweet November and had attended the Golden Globes together the same year.