Nicholas Hoult is keeping himself busy since splitting from Jennifer Lawrence.

The couple - who met on the set of X-Men: First Class in 2010 - broke-up in January, and Nicholas' method of coping with heartbreak is to immerse himself in work.

"It's good to keep busy and focus, and have a lot of other stuff to think about," he explained.

Probed as to whether he and the fun-loving beauty would find it tough reuniting on the set of forthcoming mutant superhero film X-Men: Days of Future Past, he swiftly changed the subject after admitting it wouldn't feel weird "at all."

"No, not at all. We had a great time making that first film and the whole cast got along really well. And I'm really pleased that Bryan [Singer] is directing ... Did you see what I did there? I segued out of that quite skilfully?" he said in an interview.