Mumbai: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar says he thoroughly enjoyed playing his “real life” character in Raj Kanwar’s ‘Humko Deewana Kar Gaye’(HDKG) as well as working with co-star Katrina Kaif. “For the first time I play a real life character. So far, all my characters have been fictional. To re-live a romance that actually happened was a strange experience,” Akshay said. He is quite impressed by Katrina with whom he is working in Feroz Nadiadwala’s ‘Welcome’. “She is tall, pretty and very focused on her work. People tell me we make a good on-screen pair.” But wouldn’t rumours of strife with Salman Khan stress Akshay’s rapport with Katrina? Akshay laughed off the rumours and said, “These are all media myths created for sensation. I have never had any problems with my co-stars.”