Mila Kunig 'My family is the truth'

THE STAR TALKS TO WHO ABOUT ASHTON, MOTHERHOOD AND WHY SHE FEELS SO FORTUNATE

After years of waiting, the film adaptation of Jessica Knoll’s 2015 bestselling novel, Luckiest Girl Alive, began streaming on Netflix on October 7. The mystery-thriller, produced by and starring Mila Kunis as Ani FaNelli, centres on a woman whose seemingly picture-perfect life unravels when a true-crime documentary digs up dark secrets from her past.

For Kunis, who shares daughter Wyatt, 8, and son Dimitri, 5, with her husband and former That ’70s Show co-star Ashton Kutcher, having the foundation of her family helps keep her grounded while working on projects that deal with traumatic topics and buried, dark truths. “My family is the truth. We travel together all the time, so when we are shooting, wherever we are, the whole family is there,” the Ukraine-born star tells WHO. “I don’t ask anything of my kids other than to be their awesome selves.”

Her actor husband, 44, actively brings even more to the table. “I happen to have an incredible partner that is fully aware of what my job entails, what my hours look like and what I might come home as,” she continues. “So as far as unwinding goes – and I am not promoting alcoholism to anybody – but he was incredible at making sure he had a glass of wine waiting for me the second I got home. He made dinner, and if I got home late, he would have a plate in the microwave. I am very fortunate. I have an incredible, understanding husband.”

Here, Kunis chats further to WHO about turning a book into a streaming hit...

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