Mila Kunis Completely Understands Hollywood; Looks Stunning In Interview Mag Shoot

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If you haven’t done so already, make sure you check out a very candid chat between Mila Kunis & James Franco in the latest issue of Interview Magazine. Both Mila & J. Franco are co-stars in two upcoming films, a 2012 drama about C.K. Williams titled “Tar” & the big-budget 2013 fantasy film “Oz: The Great and Powerful.” The latter includes Zach Braff, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz as cast members.

Here’s a brief excerpt from the interview where the stars discuss f’d-up gender roles in Hollywood:

FRANCO: What I’d like to do is figure out why that is. First of all, do you think that it’s different for actresses than for actors—that women have to be more guarded about what they do and what they don’t do than men?

KUNIS: I do. I think that an actor is more likely to be forgiven in the public’s eye than an actress.

FRANCO: Why?

KUNIS: I don’t know. I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely to protect her public persona, so to speak, than an actor would be. An actor goes crazy in a hotel room, gets trashed, throws a bench, breaks a window, and he is considered a rock star. An actress does that and she’s sent to rehab and is thought to have problems and issues and can’t get a job.

FRANCO: But what you’re talking about is off-screen behavior. What about on-screen behavior? Do you think that men and women are treated differently in terms of what they do on screen?

KUNIS: I think that it goes both ways. I think that when a person is insecure about who they are or who they want to be, then it translates on screen, and the choices they make are all about perception. If I’m not comfortable in my own skin or confident in who I am, then I’m going to pick parts based on how people are going to view them, not based on what I find challenging or entertaining. And I think that there are a lot of reasons to be insecure as an actress . . . But I don’t really have a perception issue. I’ve been pretty good about being who I am in the public’s eye. I don’t necessarily put on an act when I go on Jay Leno or dress differently in public than I do in private. I’d like to think I’m the same person, more or less. So when it comes to picking parts, I do make an effort to choose parts that I want to do, and not necessarily parts someone else wants me to do, or parts that someone else is going to respond to. I’ve said this before, but after That ’70s Show ended, I solely wanted do films that inspire me, and to work with people who make me better. I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they’re actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them. And I think that’s pretty much what I’ve done. I think that if I hadn’t done it that way, then I would’ve just stunted myself. [Source]

Here’s Mila @ Comic-Con in San Diego: