LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mila Kunis joined her co-star Channing Tatum to promote
their movie "Jupiter Ascending" at CinemaCon but deftly deflected
questions about her reported engagement to Ashton Kutcher.
Kunis wore an engagement ring on her
left hand, but when asked about whether she was set to be married, she turned
to Tatum.
"Am I engaged to Channing? Channing and I love each other," Kunis said, smiling.
"Am I engaged to Channing? Channing and I love each other," Kunis said, smiling.
Tatum — married with a baby — played
along: "Yeah, we're not engaged yet, just yet."
"We're getting in that direction
though. You know, he has to meet my parents," Kunis said. "That
hasn't happened. But one day."
Mila Kunis, right, a cast member in the upcoming film
"Jupiter Ascending," looks over at f …
"Yeah, step by step, day by day. I
haven't met the crazy Russian family yet," Tatum said. "I'm going to
bring a lot of vodka though."
Kunis: "Yes, and cognac — both. ...
They like both. They're not picky."
It was the first joint appearance by the
co-stars in the summer sci-fi fantasy adventure from the Wachowski siblings
Andy and Lana, creators of "The Matrix" trilogy. Observers have
compared the film to a mashup of "The Fifth Element" and the Snow
White fairy tale based on early trailers. Tatum said he didn't agree.
"It's really, truly their own
imagined sort of world and the circumstance that happens in the world. People
always say that they're tired of seeing old movies remade and like comic book
movies made. This is a completely out of the Wachowskis' brain type of a crazy
film. So yeah, it's its own thing, for sure," he said.
Tatum plays Caine, a genetically
engineered part-wolf hunter who tracks down and helps Kunis' character, Jupiter
— a humble woman who finds out she's marked as a leader of cosmic proportions.
Channing Tatum, left, and Mila Kunis, cast members in the
upcoming film "Jupiter Ascending,&quo …
"It was the most challenging role
I've ever had, physically speaking. Because you had to endure seven months of
physical training and sustain it," Kunis said. "And test yourself and
kind of test your patience with things. Because you get — I know you did for
sure — you get frustrated with yourself when you can't do certain things."
Tatum, 33, said he took a "leap of
faith" in playing the role "because so much of it is not known — like
you have to take the movie not knowing I would say 89 percent of what you're
going to be asked to do because it's a completely made up (world)."
He added: "I'm a genetically
engineered human and wolf or what would be a wolf. I don't know what that's
going to look like. I'm just assuming that we're going to get to somewhere
cool."
Kunis, 30, added: "There are no
rules in this world. So there's no right or wrong. ... You have no guidelines
to go by, which kind of makes it fun but makes it also very stressful."
"Jupiter Ascending" is set for
release July 18.
