Mila talks about The Book of Eli and her character Solara in a new interview with Times Leader.
Mila Kunis might be a mainstay on Maxim’s Hot 100 list, but, if it were up to her, she’d be appearing in her latest movie with a killer sunburn and the world’s worst teeth.
In the post-apocalyptic “The Book of Eli,” opening Friday, the world’s population is reduced to small bands of grimy survivors, including good guy Eli (Denzel Washington) and his nemesis, the power-mad Carnegie (Gary Oldman). Almost everybody looks like they’ve been to hell and back, with the exception of Kunis.
“I wanted gnarly teeth,” the actress, 26, says. “But they were like, ‘Uh, no.’ Why? Because apparently an American audience would not want to look at me for two hours with gnarly teeth. I disagree.”
On second thought, Kunis says, it’s probably better off that her character – Carnegie’s pampered stepdaughter Solara – isn’t as gritty as the rest of the filthy, dirty bunch.
“Actually, Solara is not supposed to be gnarly. She’s being taken care of by Carnegie. She was able to shower. She didn’t have frills about her, and her hair was never blown dry, but she wasn’t dirty. She didn’t have sunburn on her face; she didn’t have to.”
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