Nikki Reed says she and 'Thirteen' costar Evan Rachel Wood 'didn't speak' for years because of people 'pitting us against each other'

• Nikki Reed said that after making "Thirteen," she didn't speak to Evan Rachel Wood for years.
• "There were a lot of people that were kind of pitting us against each other," Reed realized.
• In their 20s, Reed reached out to Wood and they patched things up and are now good friends.

Nikki Reed is opening up about her previous feud with Evan Rachel Wood.

The two starred in the 2003 indie drama "Thirteen." Directed by "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke and partially based on Reed's teen years (she cowrote the screenplay with Hardwicke), the movie follows Reed and Wood as two hard-partying friends.

After forming a bond together on the movie, Reed said the two didn't speak for "a couple of years."

"We were too young to realize this at the time, but there were a lot of people that were kind of pitting us against each other, and making it a competitive atmosphere," Reed, 33, told the "Story + Rain" podcast. "Which, now, in hindsight, I'm like, 'Of course, because isn't that the recipe for how [to] treat all young women in this industry?'"

"But the amazing thing is that her and I have reconnected," Reed continued. "In our early 20s, I reached out and I was like, 'Hey, what happened?! You know, I love you so much, and I don't know what happened.'"

"We sat down together and we had two hours of just, like, vomiting up all of our feelings and emotions about the process," Reed said. "We really connected the dots and moved past it in that one sit-down."

Reed said the two are very close now as they "speak weekly, sometimes daily" and often "FaceTime together."

A representative for Wood didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Since "Thirteen" both actors have had big careers in Hollywood. Reed played Rosalie Hale in the "Twilight" franchise while Wood earned an Emmy nomination for her role as Dolores Abernathy in "Westworld."