In an interview with Channel Seven’s breakfast program, Sunrise, Kutcher asked “do people Down Under know who Steve Jobs is?”
In an awkward attempt to redeem himself, Kutcher then went on to mention that he liked Hugh Jackman and had hit on Nicole Kidman once, but failed. Perhaps it was because of his poor taste in jokes.
Kutcher’s slip up will have done nothing to turn down the heat between the actor and Steve Wozniak, Apple’s co-founder.
The new film, following Steve Jobs from college drop-out to leader of the digital revolution, has been dismissed by Wozniak in a review on technology website Gizmodo.
“I thought the acting throughout was good. I was attentive and entertained but not greatly enough to recommend the movie,” Wozniak wrote.
“One friend who is in the movie said he didn’t want to watch fiction so he wasn’t interested in seeing it.”
Wozniak claims the film contains inaccuracies and criticised Kutcher’s flattering portrayal of the ex-Apple CEO. “I suspect a lot of what was wrong with the film came from Ashton’s own image of Jobs,” he continued.
The film ends when Apple found success with the iPod. Wozniak wrote: “I’m grateful to Steve for his excellence in the i-era, and his contribution to my own life enjoying great products, but this movie portrays him having had those skills in earlier times.”
Kutcher has responded by questioning Wozniak’s motives and claiming “he is being paid by another movie studio to help support their Steve Jobs film,” reported The Independent.
This has been refuted by Wozniak as “disingenuous and wrong.” “I was turned off by the Jobs script. But I still hoped for a great movie.”
Jobs has grossed just $6.7 million in the US with a British release date yet to be confirmed.
Video via Sunrise
