Kelsey Asbille
with James Lafferty on One Tree Hill
"I chewed so much cinnamon gum, and I was practicing on my hand and in the mirror. It was really embarrassing."
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Poll: You Never Forget Your First Kiss...
...and neither will your fans! The following actors had their real first kiss on screen. Imagine such a nerve-racking but exciting experience being captured on film and shown on thousands or maybe even millions of TVs or movie screens.
To celebrate Valentine's Day, which of these stories of first kisses is most interesting?
*Stories came from the actual actors describing what happened
Make Your Choice
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Ashley Benson
with Brock Kelly on Days of Our Lives"He was in his mid-20s and I was 15 at the time. And I was like, 'Hey, so, just so you know this is my first kiss,' and he's like, 'oh, mine too, don't worry.' I was like, 'No, no, no. This is my first real kiss. So, just throwin' that out there. Don't do anything weird.'"
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Millie Bobby Brown
with Finn Wolfhard on Stranger Things"The thing is is that the reaction to it was really funny. I got up and then I said, 'Kissing sucks!' And Finn was like, 'idonno, it wasn't too bad.'"
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Candace Cameron Bure
with Scott Curtis on Full House"It's awkward when you've never had a kiss and then have to kiss someone on national television."
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Macaulay Culkin
with Anna Chlumsky in My Girl"Yeeeccchhhk. It was like, fifteen takes. All angles. Yeeecchhhkkk."
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Claire Danes
with Jared Leto on My So-Called Life"He [Jared] guided me through it and educated me on how to, like, make out."
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Kirsten Dunst
with Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire"I thought it was disgusting. I didn't kiss anyone else until I was 16, I think. I was a late bloomer."
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Jesse Eisenberg
with Jennifer Beals in Roger Dodger"I hadn't even been on a date before that movie. It was my first kiss with my mouth open like that. She was every man's fantasy since 1980, so it was awesome."
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Dakota Fanning
with Thomas Curtis in Sweet Home Alabama"Beforehand I was really, really nervous because I'd never kissed a boy before and it was on the lips. But then I kind of got used to it and it was kind of fun after a while."
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Elle Fanning
in Ginger and Rosa"So they pull out this giant binder full of boys, and they're like, 'Elle, ok, we're all gonna sit around, and flip through, and you can pick out the boy that you want to kiss for your first time.' And I was like, 'ok!'"
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Selena Gomez
with Dylan Sprouse on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"I actually leaned in to kiss him, and I had my eyes closed a little too early and I ended up missing like half of his lip. "It ended up being the most awkward kiss in the world. But I was 12 so it was okay and it was good."
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Katie Holmes
with Ian Bohen on Dawson's Creek"It's so awkward because with a first kiss in [real] life, if it doesn't go well you can kinda be like, 'Oh I gotta get home,' or 'thanks.' You never have to deal with that person again," Holmes explained. "But on screen, you're gonna have to have lunch and you're probably have to work together tomorrow, so it's a little bit [awkward]."
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Josh Hutcherson
with Charlie Ray in Little Manhattan"I was filming in New York City and my mom surprised me by flying my dad in for the kiss scene for support. But it was a horrible first kiss because I had like a crew of like 50 people standing around and watching me. It was the most non-real, non-intimate moment that I could possibly have my first kiss, I think."
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Victoria Justice
with Cole Sprouse on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"It was in front of a live audience. That was cool, and we're still good friends."
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Mila Kunis
with Ashton Kutcher on That '70s Show"I was like, 'Oh, he's so cute, it's the Calvin Klein model!' Then I was like, 'I have to kiss him?' I was so nervous and uncomfortable. I had the biggest crush on him."
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Danica McKellar
with Fred Savage on The Wonder Years"I remember sitting there on that rock, going, 'Oh my gosh, I'm about to have my first kiss.' Now, in the story, my brother's just died, so I'm supposed to be really sad. But I got so excited that I got this smile on my face. Of course they couldn't use the first take. The one that you see is take number six."
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Caleb McLaughlin
with Sadie Sink on Stranger Things"Finn gave me some advice. He's the master at it. He's like, 'Just poke your lips out and keep it firm and then make them soft.' And I was like, 'Okay!' It wasn't that bad. It was cool. If I have to do more, then I have to."
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Keke Palmer
with Corbin Bleu on Jump In!"I was 12 and… It was on the lips. I was very, very nervous. I was like, 'Oh my gosh, this is the first person I am kissing outside of my family. It was real scary for me."
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Kay Panabaker
with Zac Efron on Summerland"It was totally embarrassing in front of the crew and they were all like my dads. It was very weird, but he was so nice and so sweet and he still is."
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Dev Patel
with Olga Fedori on Skins[after describing his character as a little chihuahua that keeps humping your leg] "My first proper kiss was probably on screen somewhere in Skins. It was my first kiss and my first sex scene and all of that, in one go. I was damn nervous. I'd never had sex before and I was simulating it in front of a camera. I was up all night watching James Bond, trying to be romantic and all of a sudden they're like, 'More chihuahua!'"
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Emma Roberts
with Raja Fenske on Unfabulous"He was the cutest. I feel like I had so many of my firsts on TV and in movies before I did in real life — all of them actually. They were fake before they were real, which I think gave me an unrealistic view of how they should be."
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Saoirse Ronan
with Rory Copus in I Could Never Be Your Woman"My character really liked this boy, and she didn’t know if he noticed her. At that time, I was only 11 years old, and not ready to kiss a boy. I asked the director, 'How long do you want me to kiss him? How many seconds?' And the director said, 'Three seconds.' So while kissing, I counted in my head. Every single take I was like, One, two, three. And then: 'Okay, kill, cut!' I definitely suffered for art."
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Ben Savage
with Danielle Fishel on Boy Meets World"I was nervous. I'm sure it was my first official kiss."
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Alia Shawkat
with Michael Cera on Arrested Development"It wasn’t like a make-out, you know what I mean? The way I describe it was that it’s like two fists hitting each other, boom, in and out."
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas
with Rachael Leigh Cook in Tom and Huck"It went well, but it's difficult being in front of 250 people who simultaneously break out in, 'Oooh!' I don’t really count it as a kiss."
