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Ashton Kutchercan admit he and wifeMila Kunismade two competing comedies that were practically the same.
In 2011, Kutcher costarred with Natalie Portman inNo Strings Attachedabout a man and a woman who try to keep things strictly sexual before becoming romantically attached along the way. Later that same year, Kunis and costarJustin Timberlake’s filmFriends with Benefits— about two friends who begin a sexual relationship while trying to avoid becoming a couple — hit theaters.
On thelatest episodeof Kutcher’s Peloton fitness seriesOur Future Selves, the actor, 44, jokes with guest Portman, 41, about making identical movies with his wife Kunis, 39, whom he wed in 2015 after three years together. Portman had costarred with Kunis in 2010’sBlack Swan.
“I think the first time we really started hanging out is when we shotNo Stringstogether,” Kutcher tells Portman as they work out together. “Which is weird because my wife … was shooting basically the same movie, called Friends with Benefits.”
“Yes,” says Portman. “And Mila and I had just shotBlack Swantogether right before. So we were all making out with each other!”
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
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Back in 2018, Portman (who met husband Benjamin Millepied on theBlack Swanset) answered whether Kunis or Kutcher is the better onscreen kisserwhile onWatch What Happens Live! withAndy Cohen. “I’ve kissed them both, yeah,” she said with a smile, revealing that Kunis is “obviously” the better kisser.
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On theWTF with Marc Maronpodcast that same year, Kunis, who had costarred with Kutcher on the sitcomThat 70’s Show, talked aboutstriking up a romantic relationshipafter their dueling twin movies.
“I did a movie calledFriends With Benefits. He did a movie that was very similar calledNo Strings Attached. We lived our movies out. We were just like, ‘Let’s just hook up. Let’s have fun. We’re both single. We both trust each other. Everything’s great,’ " theLuckiest Girl Aliveactress recalled at the time.
source: people.com
