Ashton Kutcher

If you decide to watch "Your Place or Mine" to see the sparks fly between Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, you'll be initially disappointed.

-- a scene when Witherspoon and Kutcher are in the same ZIP code and a nice flipping of the traditional rom-com airport scene on its head. The film allows Witherspoon and Kutcher to show off their naturally funny sides, especially when they're fishes out of water. She also flirts with a hunky publisher -- Jesse Williams, smoldering -- and breaks all logic when she doesn't immediately fall into the cool, sensual piercing blue of his eyes and never wants to leave ... On the other coast, Witherspoon finds an old manuscript her best friend has hidden from her and decides she must try to get it published. Kutcher tries to loosen up his best friend's son -- snack on junk food, letting him watch scary movies and allowing him to try out for the hockey team, all things forbidden when mom's around. This Valentine's Day, it hits the spot if you're in the mood for pretty people acting insecure and clueless.

Starring alongside Reese Witherspoon in new Netflix rom-com Your Place Or Mine, the actor, 45, at one point had to try and revert back to his 20-year-old ...

Back then: Ashton was 20 years old in 1998, at which time he launched his career as a model. Role: As the characters looked back on their younger selves to reminisce on how their relationship has developed to the present day, Ashton says he had to take on a mini-transformation to try and make himself look 25 years younger God, I used to have abs when I was 20! He signed with Next modeling agency in New York and went on to feature in campaigns for Calvin Klein and Abercrombie and Fitch (pictured age 20 in a shoot for the brand) 'I actually need to mow this thing down and clean it up - and I'm like dude.. Youthful: Ashton Kutcher, 45, has revealed he had to 'mow down' his chest hair and start doing sit-ups for a throwback sequence in his new film Your Place Or Mine to try and revert back to his 20-year-old self

Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher and 'Your Place or Mine' director Aline Brosh McKenna discuss rom-com nostalgia and how the movie came to be.

“Coming out of the pandemic, when I read the script, like this is the movie I wanted to see,” Kutcher says. “I mean, there was a lot of romantic idealization — I don’t really feel like they got the chance to know each other. “I was like, ‘Woah!’ Because I thought that film was extraordinary, and that you were extraordinary in it. That much I can tell you.” “Over the years, I feel like it’s been hard — audiences are a little bit more cynical about [rom-coms],” she explains. Kutcher adds, “You get this sense that these two people have to be together and you become invested in their relationship and some functional imperfection keeps them apart. “I remember seeing you in ‘Punk’d,’ and I thought it was really funny. Luckily, “Your Place or Mine” writer and director Aline Brosh McKenna came into the picture to finally get them together. And then I loved ‘Butterfly Effect.’ I loved ‘No Strings Attached’ with Natalie,” Witherspoon says, turning to Kutcher to ask, “Did you do a movie where you were in a military uniform?” Based on Brosh McKenna’s real-life experience, “Your Place or Mine” follows Debbie (Witherspoon) and Peter (Kutcher), who are best friends and total opposites. “I think the first thing I saw you in was ‘Election,'” Kutcher adds. “He was carrying a little cooler,” Witherspoon recalls.

Aline Brosh McKenna's ('The Devil Wears Prada') cross-country Netflix romcom shouldn't work given the leads' lack of sparks, yet has a strange charm.

Or if the characters were older — maybe that’d make it easier to buy into the idea that these two people are already so sure of what they want out of life, so experienced in the ritual of being let down by more titillating flings and affairs, that settling down with someone familiar might make noble sense. And Your Place or Mine is worth watching for that alone, this iron-willed commitment to the premise in full defiance of what the characters are actually giving us. Here she is, look at her go: showing up to her seminar with a backpack and new school supplies, practically huffing the scent of a newly-sharpened pencil, being all wide-eyed and adorably game for the joys of life, being completely absent of any kind of cynicism. When she and Williams’s publisher get to prattle their way through a handful of cute scenes, the movie finally lands on something: a counterargument. [romance](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/romance/) to watch! And then the backstories kick in and Your Place or Mine, which runs nearly two hours, gets distracted, pretending that it’s as worthwhile to watch Debbie chatting it up with Peter’s fab, New Yorkey ex as it is watching Peter try to play dad to Debbie’s perfectly well-adjusted teen. Your Place or Mine offers us a full-blown case for reverting back to the anodyne safety and security of the familiar, no matter the substantial downsides. When Your Place or Mine opens, Debbie and Peter get the split-screened, made-for-each-other visual gags familiar from old Doris Day and Rock Hudson comedies, those cutely twinned shots of each of them lying in bed reading at the same time, bathing at the same time, ritualistically in sync in ways neither of them fully realizes. Played, respectively, by [Reese Witherspoon](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/kacey-musgraves-reese-witherspoon-talk-struggles-for-women-in-country-music-713278/) and [Ashton Kutcher](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/a-closer-look-at-ashton-kutcher-69773/), Debbie and Peter are long-time friends. Debbie’s headed to New York for a week-long seminar (she’s trying to abandon her love of the literary arts in favor of a more practical job that pays more), and it’s supposed to be an occasion for her and her bestie to reunite. Each of these people (one more than the other, owing to a certain unevenness at the heart of the movie) has to choose between the genuine but uncertain chemistry that enters their lives — a real, tactile, tingly sexual spark — or the chance to return to their shared, multi-decade past, to the person that they know will never leave them because they’ve always already been there. He lives in a steely Brooklyn apartment with a view of Manhattan that’s furnished with a stove he’s never used, cutlery that’s never been opened, and a despairing lack of tchotchkes — there is not so much as a photo of himself or anyone he loves in plain sight.

Starring in Your Place or Mine came with a bunch of reading materials for Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon.

She said, "I gave Ashton books that I thought Peter would have and would have read and have a point of view on." I'm running a company, and I have a full-time other job. I called her, and I said, 'I have three children. I read all of them. He said, "I'm not a very big fiction reader, I don't read a lot of fiction. She continued, "With Reese, I gave her a bunch of books that I felt like Debbie had collected over the years — some first editions, some beat-up paperbacks.

Ashton Kutcher Had to 'Mow' Chest Hair, Do Sit-ups for Scene as 20 Year Old in 'Your Place or Mine'. Ashton Kutcher got candid about the grooming and fitness he ...

Saying, ["You guys look so awkward on the red carpet together,"](https://people.com/movies/mila-kunis-calls-out-husband-ashton-kutcher-and-reese-witherspoon-for-looking-awkward-on-the-red-carpet/) in an email shared with the TODAY show. "Like, the rumor would be that I'm having an affair with her." And i'm like doing sit-ups, and I'm like, god, I used to have abs when I was 20; what happened?" Claiming it's important that people have lighthearted films like Your Places or Mine so they can feel good about themselves and just cuddle up for lighthearted fun. [I'd be having an affair with her](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ashton-kutcher-interview/id1412142989?i=1000598580842)," Kutcher explained while appearing on the [Chicks in the Office](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chicks-in-the-office/id1412142989) podcast. Before Witherspoon joked, "And I was like, how many filters does this camera have?

Ashton Kutcher say his rare inflammatory disease is a reason his red carpet photos may look awkward.

“She even emailed us last night,” Witherspoon said of Kunis. “If I stand next to her, I put my hands in my pockets, so there’s no chance that can be the rumor. “If I put my arm around her and was like, all friendly with her, I’d be having an affair with her. If blood flow is restricted, it can result in organ and tissue damage.” Making sure every photographer gets their shot “for like 20 minutes,” Kutcher continued, “Got it? “I don’t know who’s yelling my name, but I know there’s a lot of people yelling, going, ‘Reese, Ashton, over here, over here!

Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon gets candid about their lives from meeting for first time to shooting Your Place or Mine.

[Your Place or Mine](https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/your-place-or-mine-trailer-5-things-to-look-forward-to-in-reese-witherspoon-ashton-kutchers-netflix-rom-com-1206211), the actor thought it was exactly the kind of movie that he wanted to see. While Kutcher said he was a big fan of Reese’s movies such as [Legally Blonde](https://www.pinkvilla.com/topic/legally-blonde) and Election. While Witherspoon mentioned that one of great things about this movie was that it was grounded in reality. [No Strings Attached](https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/ashton-kutcher-mila-kunis-anniversary-when-actress-opened-about-their-meant-be-love-story-1155618), Butterfly Effect and thought he was incredibly handsome in The Guardian. The actor mentioned that he might be nervous at that time that Witherspoon whom he admired so much was acknowledging him. Kutcher mentioned in an interview that he always wanted to make a rom-com with Witherspoon.

In an interview alongside co-star Reese Witherspoon for UK breakfast show "Lorraine," the pair, who play opposite one another in the movie, recalled a sequence ...

“She texted Reese and I together,” Kutcher said of Kunis. “If I stand next to her, I put my hands in my pockets, so there’s no chance that can be the rumor. “She even emailed us last night,” Witherspoon said. “All right, 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. 'And I’m like doing sit-ups, and I’m like, 'God, I used to have abs when I was 20! "So here’s the crazy thing, before we shot the sequence where I was 20, I was like, 'I didn’t have this much chest hair when I was 20,' and I’m like, 'I actually need to mow this thing down a little bit and like clean it up,'" he said, laughing.