Nikki Reed And Paul McDonald

It seems like Nikki Reed's father approves of her "American Idol" boyfriend Paul McDonald. Well, her on-screen vampire father anyway.

Peter Facinelli, Reed's "Twilight Saga" co-star has tapped McDonald for his independent film "Loosies"' soundtrack. The "Nurse Jackie" star wrote, produced and stars in the film, which McDonald will contribute music to. Oh, the perks of being Nikki Reed's boyfriend.

"I was telling Nikki I was looking for music for my movie, and she said, 'You should look through Paul's stuff.' She was a big fan of his, I heard, and I thought it really worked for my movie," Facinelli says. "I played some tracks over it, where we had temp tracks, and it just all worked. So I reached out to Paul, I sent him the movie, and he enjoyed it a lot, and he said he wanted to be a part of it, which I was stoked."

Facinelli says McDonald's original music fits perfectly with "Loosies," which revolves around a pickpocket in New York who reconsiders his lifestyle after a one-night stand reveals she is now pregnant. "He has a band, and his band stuff is very different than what he was doing on 'American Idol," he explains. "When I heard the band, it's very distinct and has a voice of its own. I like the originality of it."

The movie will use most of the music from the two albums McDonald's bands, The Grand Magnolias and High Tide Blues, currently have on iTunes.

Nikki Reed Dating on american Idol

Twilight star Nikki Reed is reportedly dating the American Idol contestant Paul McDonald.

The US actress, who plays Rosalie Hale in the vampire movie series, met the singer at the Red Riding Hood premiere at the beginning of March.

However, at the time, McDonald had no clue who she was and said to the American Idol cameras: 'Was she a famous actress or something? I'd hang out with her!'

According to E! Online, the couple have been seeing each other ever since and have been keeping in contact while Reed films Breaking Dawn by using Skype.

There were also claims that Reed's Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner has been Skyping another American Idol star Lauren Alaina but it's now been reported that's not true.

A source said: 'Taylor has only said hello to some of the Idol contestants when he has been in the same room as Nikki when she has been Skyping with her boyfriend.

'He has not Skyped one-on-one with any of the Idols.'