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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Ellie Harrison

11 wild stories behind Hollywood kissing scenes: ‘Would you two mind if I say cut?’

Love scenes from ‘Total Recall’, ‘Cleopatra’, ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Poetic Justice’ - (Sony/Getty/Columbia)

Whether it’s the chaste spaghetti kiss in Lady and the Tramp or Zendaya’s three-way tonsil tennis in Challengers, there’s a long and varied history of Hollywood kisses. You’ve got the scariest – seriously, Jim Carey, were you trying to eat Lauren Holly in Dumb and Dumber? The longest – a cramp-inducing six minutes and 44 seconds in Kids in America. The rainiest – Andie MacDowell and Hugh Grant in Four Weddings, don’t pretend you didn’t notice. And I’ll spare you the agony of going into the sloppiest here.

Sometimes, actors enjoy it. Margot Robbie said she improvised a smooch with Brad Pitt in Babylon, just because she wanted to. “I thought, ‘When else am I gonna get the chance to kiss Brad Pitt?’ I’m just going to go for it,” she confessed. Other times, they don’t like it so much. Emily Blunt revealed that kissing certain actors made her want to throw up. Nice.

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