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Mila Kunis, the sultry star of That ’70s Show, proves that she’s anything but old school.
When you name a TV network Fox, you have to live up to certain expectations. And no one helps justify that appellation more than That ’70s Show’s exotically fetching Mila Kunis. Thanks to her darkly seductive beauty, this 19-year-old Hollywood vet has convincingly played the younger incarnation of Angelina Jolie’s drugged-out supermodel in Gia and a sadistic femme fatale in the sequel to American Psycho. But it has been as jiggly Jackie Burkhardt on four seasons of That ’70s Show that she’s actually made us long for the days of bell-bottoms and double-digit inflation. Luckily, unlike her endearingly shallow alter ego, Mila is capable of thinking about things besides herself. Like her late-night bowling score, for instance.
Your family moved from Russia to America when you were seven. How did you learn English?
I watched the news. They speak slowly and enunciate, and they show pictures, so it’s an easy way of learning the language. That and game shows. The Price Is Right was on before I went to school. God bless television.
Did watching all that TV make you want to be on there yourself?
No, it was more the fact that I had a lot of energy. I would come home from school, do my homework, and then have six hours to kill. So when I was nine my parents stuck me in acting classes because I could be loud and obnoxious and not get into trouble.
What was your big break?
I was an extra on Baywatch twice. The funny thing was that a lot of people came to visit me on the set. My dad came to visit, my brother, my manager’s husband…a lot of guys came to just hang out. I don’t know why.
You’re the youngest member of the That ’70s Show cast. When did you score your first fake ID?
When I was 15 or 16. But I don’t drink; it’s just so I can go to clubs and stuff.
Don’t worry, we’re not going to narc on you. How do your friends from the show differ from your standard-issue friends?
If I want to go out to a club, I’ll go with my cast mates. My other friends from home just like to hang out, go bowling. If it’s four in the morning and I can’t sleep, I’ll call them up and we’ll go bowling in our pajamas.
Are you any good?
No, I suck at it, but I love it. My all-time high score is 122, even though I bowl once a week on average. I have a list of things I want to do before I turn 30, and one of them is score a 200. I’ve got 11 years, so I think I’m OK.
We do, too. What else is on that list?
Mostly silly things. But they’re all realistic. Not like “build a spaceship and fly to Mars.” They’re like “watch all the James Bond movies in a row.”
We can just act them out for you if you’d like. Speaking of sequels, why did you do American Psycho 2?
I was just sick of being “the cute girl” or “the popular girl”. It was nice to play a totally different character for once. Though I don’t know why it was called American Psycho 2—it had nothing to do with the first film.
Are you a fan of slasher films?
It all depends on what kind of mood I’m in. I’d never be, like, “It’s such a nice, sunny day, let’s all go watch The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
How are you different from Jackie?
She lives in a fairy-tale world. She has her whole life planned out, but it’s not very realistic. She has a lot to learn.
Your male costars are known for being video-game enthusiasts. What do you do in between takes?
Last season, when I finished school, Laura Prepon [who plays pal Donna] and I had nothing to do, so we decided to learn how to knit. We knit scarves.
Are scarves popular in L.A.?
[laughs] We don’t know how to knit anything else. I wish I could say something exciting, like that Laura and I have wet T-shirt contests, but we don’t.
Has anyone ever tried a TV-related pickup line on you?
No one ever tries pickup lines on me, and I’ve always wanted someone to. Like, “Can I see your tag, because I think you were made in heaven,” or whatever. Guys are really strange. They’ll stare, but they won’t say anything.
What do you look for in a guy?
Well, he doesn’t have to be Brad Pitt. He does have to be smart; I don’t want somebody who’s a doorknob. I have to be able to hold a conversation with him, and I like guys who are gentlemen.
Have you ever hit on a guy?
Yes. And I haven’t gotten denied yet.
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