Debra Jo Rupp Reveals How Ashton Kutcher And Mila Kunis' Romance Started On 'That '70s Show'; "I noticed that. I absolutely got that."
That '70s Show star Debra Jo Rupp revealed in a new interview that she felt a connection between her former co-stars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis before their romance progressed from screen to real life.
Rupp, who is reprising her role as the beloved Forman matriarch on the sequel series That '90s Show, recalled tuning in to a meeting between Kutcher and Kunis and noticing a "spark." Speaking to Access Hollywood, she said:
It was quite a while after the '70s Show had ended, and there was kind of a spark that was going on with Mila and Ashton. I realized that. I absolutely got that
Rupp admitted that she "didn't think she was going anywhere," but Kutcher and Kunis started dating shortly after meeting and eventually got married.
I was like, 'Go away!'" Rupp said. "It's a perfect thing
Kutcher and Kunis played their friends-turned-love interests Kelso and Jackie on That '70s Show, which ran for eight seasons from 1998 to 2006. They began dating in 2012, married in 2015, and share two children: daughter Wyatt, 8 years old, and his son Dimitri, 6.
Kunis previously revealed that Kutcher was her first kiss, which occurred during a scripted moment between their characters. The actress told People magazine in 2001 that she was nervous about the kiss because she was "more in love" with Kutcher.
I was like, 'Oh, he's so cute. He's the Calvin Klein model!'" she said. "Then I thought, 'Do I have to kiss him?' she was so nervous and uncomfortable
Kunis, Kutcher and many of their '70s Show castmates are also reprising their roles on The '90s Show, now streaming on Netflix. (Kurtwood Smith, Topher Grace, Laura Pron, and Wilmer Valderrama are back in some capacity.) Set in the summer of 1995, the series follows Leia Forman (Callie Haverda), the teenage daughter of Eric (Grace) and Donna (Prepon), as she befriends a new generation of Point Place children while visiting their grandparents. Red (Smith) and Kitty in Wisconsin.
EW recently caught up with Rupp and Smith to look back on their time on the original series. Rupp recalled that she was initially "terrified" of working with Smith on the comedy, citing her role in the 1987 action film RoboCop.
I knew he was [in] RoboCop, so I was very nice to him then," she said. "I was so excited for a period show. It was just perfect. The writing was so sharp and so good. It was fun
Smith added that he was nervous about taking on the role of Red because he didn't have much television experience at the time.
He had done comedy, of course, on stage [but] he hadn't really done comedy on film," he said, "so I was a little worried about how he was going to come off as comical. He was a little unsure about it
