Mary-Kate's Makeout With Ben Kingsley Premieres At Sundance

I didn't think I'd live long enough to see Sir Ben Kingsley make out on screen with Mary-Kate Olsen, one-half of the "Full House" twins, but it's happened and there's no undoing it.

The scene in question takes place in a phone booth in New York City in 1994 in writer-director Jonathan Levine's excellent film, "The Wackness." The film wowed audiences on the first full day of the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.

I know -- it's a strange title, and nothing could be weirder than this pair hooking up, but Olsen is actually very ingratiating in a small role. And Kingsley gives an Oscar-caliber performance similar in some ways to his "Sexy Beast" work. Whichever studio wins the rights to "The Wackness" will have that going for them, too.

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Comments

[Spiriteddona]

skip me if your're silly enough to believe all caps is really shouting. thank you.

[Steamboater]

Kinglsey looks like he has to hold Mary-Kate up. She looks like a hunched over old lady.

[gurukalehuru]

Didn't any of you people see Harold and Maude?
Inappropriate relationships make for great cinema.

[shivadas]

Why on earth do you people feel the need to gossip about a 22 year old actress "making out" with an actor in a movie scene? Is there something uncommon about women her age getting involved with older men? Does anybody remember that they are actors and that this is a work of fiction?

[DELICIOUS]

THE OLSEN TWINS WERE CUTE LIKE 20 YEARS AGO. THEY HAVE MADE BILLIONS WITH THEIR BUSINESSES BUT ARE REALLY TALENTLESS JUST LIKE PARIS HILTON, ALL MONEY AND NO TALENT.

[gurukalehuru]

None of you people saw Harold and Maude? One of the best movies ever made.

[TomR]

Sure, the idea is creepy. However, this is acting, right? Sir Ben and Ms. Mary-Kate aren't dating, are they?

He is an impressive actor. Perhaps this will help her career transition into serious acting roles in the future.

- Tom

[Puller58]

This child has been a tabloid type for a while. The sad truth is that like many child actors, she hasn't transitioned well to adult roles. She and her sister milked their fame while it lasted, but now a role like this comes off like stunt casting. As for Kingsley, not being a matinee idol means he takes roles like this as a "character actor." Good role? Only if you like that sort of movie. Creepy? Yes.

[Bulbul]

This tells the star gawkes that all these people are good actors, that`s all, and plays a role. Bens, Toms, Seinfields to name a few . The need not to talk too much or seen around , then the true self gets exposed. Too much information out there..
We want to see a movie, period.

[Bulbul]

Sooo creepy...he is

[SmolderingRuin]

Does Mary-Kate have a neck?

[marcain]

why must we be continually creeped out by her seemingly inappropriate pairings. Soon we will read that she's making out with John Stamos. Sources we'll state they heard her say 'Oh Uncle Jesse, I've wanted you since I was 3.'

[rlc41]

Why do these twins always look scared to death? Their body language always looks all drawn in and like meek little mice. Not to mention they are always dressed and look like bags ladies who have been out in a typhoon.

[loki]

I wonder what Lance thought of it?

[Pyfagorus]

I think Gandhi and Mary-Kate would make quite a compatible couple. Neither one of them weighs more than 68 pounds.