Ashton Kutcher Admits He’s Missed Out on Roles Because of ‘the Way I Look’

Ashton Kutcher’s starring man looks person costs him a fewer roles. 

The actor, 47, said during a sheet for his upcoming FX tv series The Beauty astatine New York Comic Con connected Saturday, Oct. 11, that he has missed retired connected projects owed to his appearance. 

The sheet was moderated by show creator Ryan Murphy and besides featured actors Evan Peters, Anthony Ramos, Jeremy Pope and Rebecca Hall. 

When asked by Murphy, 59, astir his acquisition playing a "hilarious supervillain" successful nan show, Kutcher said, "I deliberation each domiciled you get, portion of it is what you look like, right? It's a very large portion of what you're imbuing arsenic nan character. And so, location are roles that I've gotten because of nan measurement I look and location are roles that I haven't gotten because of nan measurement I look."

"Sometimes it's frustrating," nan character added, explaining that he's been passed complete for "down connected your luck" characters because of his polished looks. However, he shared, his activity arsenic a shaper has made him recognize nan logic down definite casting choices.

"You're trying to show a communicative pinch pictures, and nan pictures request to create a emotion for nan audience," he said.

Kutcher noted that The Beauty offered him a caller acquisition arsenic an actor.

"Without giving distant excessively much, almost each 1 of america has an incredibly nuanced domiciled where, successful immoderate way, style aliases form, we’re playing thing that we are aliases we aren't astatine immoderate fixed time. It creates this underlying expertise to embody insecurities that you whitethorn have, that you hide distant and you push down, and you don't fto anyone successful nan world spot it," he said.

The That ‘70s Show alum praised Murphy for his unsocial role, saying, "So often today, you only get to play your lane and thing else, because playing thing other goes against nan values that nine has projected upon what group should play and shouldn't play."

He added that successful nan upcoming FX bid "we get to play these complicated, nuanced characters. It's a delight. Playing this characteristic is 1 of nan awesome delights of my career."

The Beauty is an world thriller created by Murphy and Matthew Hodgson, and based connected nan comic book bid by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley. According to a synopsis, nan show is astir a sexually transmitted microorganism that "makes those affected much beautiful, but pinch deadly consequences."

It is expected to premiere connected Hulu successful early 2026. 

Giving much penetration into his character, Kutcher said, "I deliberation he's a bully guy. I mean, you person to study early that you can't ever judge your character, because you person group who are doing things nary matter really unfair it is. They deliberation they're doing nan correct thing."

"This characteristic looks astatine it and he goes, 'Wait, there's a batch of judgement astir cosmetic artistic betterment successful nan world. A batch of group judge it.' And gradually complete time, group are judging it less," he said.

However, Kutcher noticed a double modular still exists. "People tin spell to nan dentist and get braces, and hole their teeth. There's nary judgement complete that ... but past nan infinitesimal personification gets rhinoplasty, it's like, 'you did what?' "

"Why is it okay to make our teeth amended but not our look better, aliases our chemoreceptor better?" he asked.

"That furniture of judgement complete artistic enhancement is gradually starting to beryllium chipped distant at," Kutcher continued, hinting that it leads to nan creation of nan beautifying supplier successful nan fictional show.

"And group want it. Why is that bad? It's bad because possibly you didn't show group they're gonna explode, but it is not a problem, because I fixed that, too, pinch nan boosters," nan character said, successful reference to his character. “It's a awesome gig and a awesome woody for everyone.” 

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Kutcher starred arsenic Michael Kelso connected That ‘70s Show for 8 seasons from 1998 to 2006. The character has since played main roles successful galore tv shows, including Two and a Half Men and The Ranch, arsenic good arsenic hosted nan reality bid Punk’d. 

On nan large screen, nan character has starred successful respective romanticist comedies, including Coming Soon, No Strings Attached, New Year's Eve and Your Place aliases Mine.

He besides serves arsenic an executive shaper connected The Beauty.