Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis.Photo: Stefanie Keenan/Getty
Ashton Kutcheris moving mountains for his wifeMila Kunis— well, at least trying to name one after her!
The 45-year-old actor talked about the romantic gesture while promoting his new film,Your Place or Mine, on Monday’s episode ofThe Late Late Show with James Corden.
Discussing a trip to the South Pole he once tookto help with an autoimmune condition, Kutcher said he met a man who asked if he wanted to climb a mountain, to which he agreed.
“We get to the top and he said, ‘You’re the first person that has ever climbed this mountain. You get to name it,’ " he recalled to hostJames Corden. “I was like, ‘Okay really? It’s Mount Mila.’ And he says ‘No, no, it’s bad luck to name it after another person, so don’t do that.’ "
Kutcher shifted gears and named it"Awesome” in Russian. Kunis, 39, was born in the Ukraine and grew up speaking Russian.
“So I got to name a mountain while I was there,” the entrepreneur added. “It was wild.”
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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis in 2022.Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
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Expanding on what brought him to Antarctica in the first place, Kutcher further discussed his health.
“Ihad a weird autoimmune disorderthree years ago,” he said. “So last year, I was like, ‘I am just going to push myself to the end of my physical capacity in every form.’ "
“I went to the South Pole, Iran a marathon, I wentRunning Wild with Bear Grylls,” the former model continued to Corden, 44, of his personal mental and physical journey. “I was just going to push it as far as I can just to get the self-confidence that I’m fully back, which I am.”
And after a long break from romantic comedies, Kutcher currently has a No. 1 movie onNetflixwithReese Witherspoon,Your Place or Mine.
“Her character lives in Los Angeles, has a kid, and I’m in New York,” he shared of the film about two long-distance best friends who decide to swap homes. “By switching lives, they realize they maybe should have been together all along.”
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The audience, along with fellow guestsQuinta BrunsonandCara Delevingne, clapped after a clip was played of Kutcher and Witherspoon’s flirty characters on a video call.
Earlier this month, Kutcher made headlines following the film’s premiere when his wife teasingly commented onhow “awkward” he lookedon the carpet with her pal Witherspoon — a little hunched over with his hands in his pocket. He laterexplained it 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 said during a guest spot on theChicks in the Officepodcast.
He added, “Like, the rumor would be that I’m having an affair with her.”
Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher.Albert L. Ortega/Getty
Speaking with PEOPLE aboutYour Place or Minein December 2022, Kutcher said signing up for the film was an “easy” decision, as he “finally got the opportunity” to collaborate with Witherspoon, 46, and writer/directorAline Brosh McKenna, “two women I have wanted to work with for years.”
“Wejust had fun!” he ravedof 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 currently streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
