Piper Perabo at the Blender Magazine 5th Anniversary Birthday Blowout held at Studio 450, New York City, USA - 23.05.06 and TOMMY LEE celebrating a belated birthday party at TAO Nightclub, Las Vegas, Nevada - 23.10.05

The COYOTE UGLY actress co-stars alongside Lee in upcoming gangster thriller 10TH + WOLF, and her parent was convinced the rocker would try to seduce her.

She says, "My mother saw TOMMY LEE GOES TO COLLEGE. She said, 'Stay away from Tommy Lee.'

"And I said, 'Mum, he's actually kind of cool.' And she replied, 'That's his angle.'"