At 26, she's the model of elegance and celebrity restraint.

Married with one child, Evan Rachel Wood and her husband Jamie Bell, 27, exist as far under the radar as it's possible for two actors to be.

But it wasn't always so, in fact just three years ago the beauty was embroiled in a controversial romance with gothic rock star Marilyn Manson, 44.

Evan had started dating Manson when she was 19 and he, 36; it wasn't long after his marriage to Dita Von Teese broke down, just to add to the drama.

There were even allegations - hotly refuted - that Manson's closeness to Wood on the set of their film, Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll, had led to the marriage breakdown.

Now Wood has opened up to The Daily Beast about her time with the eccentric star.

'People were pretty mean,' Wood said sadly.
'At the time I hadn't yet been exposed to that kind of cruelty from strangers,' she added.

'If people were wondering why I was acting so-called crazy or like a teenager, it's because I was. People go through phases. People make mistakes. People go through life and don't get it right every time.'

Wood even became engaged to Manson in 2010, after he proposed in Paris but they broke it off later the same year.

This period in the young star's life means she can relate to the likes of Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus, who are growing up in the public eye.

Wood and Manson had an on-again, off-again relationship. In January 2010, the singer proposed on stage in Paris, but the couple broke off their engagement later that year.

She said: 'I was never a Bieber or a Cyrus, but I think the judgment was there, sure.'

Wood, who is a self-proclaimed Bieber fan, added: 'I can't imagine what it's like to be him. When you're a teenager in an adult career, people expect you to be perfect and expect you to never make mistakes or to be a reckless teenager.

And then when you are, they give you such a really hard time for it. You have to remind them that you're still a kid.'

Wood married Bell in October 2012, the ceremony was low key and the couple have kept the name of their son - born in July this year - out of the public domain.

'People obviously know I was pregnant - can't hide that - so I have no problem talking about the baby and that we're doing really well,' she told the Beast.

She added: 'But I haven't released his name. I've done my best to keep his picture from being taken, just because kids don't really have a choice in the matter.

'It's such a shame when kids get harassed just because of who their parents are before they're old enough to decide who they are or who they want to be.'