Ashton Kutcheris explaining why he looked a bit awkward on thered carpetwith hisYour Place or MinecostarReese Witherspoon.
While at theirNetflixfilm’s premiere in Los Angeles last week, Kutcher wore a serious expression and kept his hands in his pockets while standing next to a smiling Witherspoon — something the 45-year-old revealed Wednesday was on purpose.
“Here’s the thing: If I put my arm around her, and was like all friendly with her,I’d be having an affair with her,” Kutcher explained during a guest spot on theChicks in the Officepodcast. “Like, the rumor would be that I’m having an affair with her.”
Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher.Rob Latour/Shutterstock
Even Witherspoon, 46, said she got a message from Kutcher’s wife,Mila Kunis, whopoked fun at them for their lack of chemistry.
During a Friday appearance onToday, theMorning Showstar said she got an email from Kunis, 39, whom she calls a friend. “She even emailed us last night,” she said the day after the premiere. “She goes, ‘You guys look so awkward on the red carpet together.’ "
Addressing working with Kutcher, Witherspoon added, “It’s just fun ‘cause when you know a girlfriend so much, it was just fun to get to know her significant other ‘cause I’ve loved her for so long.”
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Mila Kunis; Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
The Iowa-born actor,wearing a “Dad” baseball cap(he and Kunis share two kids: daughterWyatt, 8, and sonDimitri, 6), said that Witherspoon is the one who pulled him back into the world of rom-coms “after a decade.”
“She’s such a badass,” thePunk’dalum said. “She has such a presence … she has so much range, she can do drama, she can do comedy, she can do everything. She’s such a movie star.”
Witherspoon and Kutcher lead the cast of the romantic comedyas Debbie and Peter, “best friends and total opposites"who learn a valuable life lesson from a little change of scenery.
“She craves routine with her son in L.A.; he thrives on change in N.Y.,” reads an official logline. “When they swap houses and lives for a week, they discover what they think they want might not be what they really need.”
Speaking with PEOPLE aboutYour Place or Minein December 2022, Kutcher saidsigning up for the film was an “easy” decision, as he “finally got the opportunity” to collaborate with Witherspoon and McKenna, 55, “two women I have wanted to work with for years.”
“We just had fun!” he raved of their time on set. “I can talk to Reese about anything — acting, business, kids, media, football. She’s always game.”
And Witherspoon couldn’t have agreed more, telling PEOPLE of Kutcher, “I think he’s so funny. We have a very similar sense of humor and timing.”
Your Place or Mineis streaming Friday on Netflix.
source: people.com
