• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Mila Kunis lied about her age to get her breakthrough role

Home> Entertainment

Updated 17:16 8 Oct 2022 GMT+1Published 17:17 8 Oct 2022 GMT+1

Mila Kunis lied about her age to get her breakthrough role

The actor was still a child when she first started getting acting credits

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

From Black Swan to Friends With Benefits Mila Kunis has taken on some huge roles in her time, but she might never have been the actress we know today if it weren't for a lie she told early in her career.

Before you get carried away thinking that you just need to lie your way to stardom, I should stress that's not necessarily a good idea. Just because it worked for Kunis doesn't mean it will work for everyone, and instead you might end up more like Joey from Friends, trying to 'je de coup plough' your way into convincing the world you can speak French because it says it on your CV.

Kunis, who was born in 1983, has acting credits dating back to 1994, when she appeared in one episode of Days of Our Lives. She went on to have a few other small roles, but she became known to the masses in 1998, when she was cast as Jackie in That '70s Show.

Advert

It's quite well known now that Kunis was just 14 when she first appeared in the show, but when it came to casting this particular fact was not something the creators were aware of.

Kunis starred as Jackie in That '70s Show.
20th Century Fox

The actress explained what happened in an interview with Vanity Fair, where she addressed rumours that she'd lied about her age.

"I'd like to make it very clear now: I did lie, okay? I did," she admitted.

Kunis quickly stressed, however, that the lie didn't last very long. She explained that she had to sign a contract before getting stuck into the role, and it soon came out that she was actually only 14-years-old while the rest of the cast were older than the teenage characters they were portraying.

Advert

Luckily for Kunis, show creators Bonnie and Terry Turner were 'so sweet' and admitted that by that point in the process, they were sold with Kunis' performance.

"They were like, 'Well we loved you... so what did we care'," Kunis said.

Kunis quickly had to come clean about her lie.
Image Press Agency / Alamy Stock Photo

The actor described the creation of That '70s Show as being in the 'heyday of older kids playing younger kids', whereas she was actually the age Jackie was supposed to be.

"I wasn't intimidated," she continued. "I had a solid ego, man. I thought it was so cool, so it must have been intimidating, is what I should say, but I don't know if it was intimidating in the sense of like, I didn't know who I was or lost sense of myself,"

Advert

Kunis admitted that she thought her older castmates were 'so cool' - and must still think that about at least some of them, given that she's married to her '70s co-star Ashton Kutcher.

If it weren't for that lie, who knows where Kunis would be now.

Featured Image Credit: Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo / Fox

Topics: Celebrity, TV and Film

Emily Brown
Emily Brown

Emily Brown is the Community Desk Lead at LADbible Group. Emily first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route. She went on to graduate with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University before contributing to The Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Student Problems. She joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features, and now works as Community Desk Lead to commission and write human interest stories from across the globe.

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

9 hours ago
12 hours ago
14 hours ago
16 hours ago
  • 9 hours ago

    Oasis issue critical warning to everyone attending Manchester concerts

    The Gallagher brothers play their first homecoming gig at Heaton Park on Friday night

    Entertainment
  • 12 hours ago

    Every Scrubs actor who has died as reboot confirmed after 15 years

    The show is returning after 15 years, however some actors involved in the show have tragically died

    Entertainment
  • 14 hours ago

    Superman fans make iconic discovery after former actor brands new film 'woke'

    The most woke thing of all: Arguably the most famously American character of all time

    Entertainment
  • 16 hours ago

    Netflix viewers are being left constantly guessing by mystery mini-series you can watch in one sitting

    The Netflix series is a great binge with a bonkers plot twist

    Entertainment
  • Alan Carr asked Mila Kunis 'have I pushed wrong button' after awkward reaction to his question about sex
  • Natalie Portman made admission about 'making out' with Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis before they got married
  • John Cena speaks out on major effect Amy Schumer role where he was ‘inside her’ had on his career
  • Netflix made major change to Liam Payne's final TV role as they issue tribute to late singer