While many of us would love
the opportunity to make out with the most popular Hollywood actors (Colin
Firth, Orlando Bloom, or Leonardo DiCaprio are all worthy examples, in our
opinion), there are stars who have felt the exact opposite. Whether it’s bad
breath, fear of catching something incurable, steadfast dedication to their
religion, or anything else in between, many actors have straight-up
refused to lock lips with their co-stars — even if it meant that their jobs
were on the line, as was probably the case for many.
Denzel
Washington opted out of an on-screen kiss to avoid alienating fans
The actor reportedly decided
not to film the scene with Roberts because he did not want to play into
Hollywood’s biased beauty ideals and alienate fans. Allison Samuels, a writer
for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, talked about Washington’s decision in her
2007 book, Off the Record: A Reporter Unveils the Celebrity Worlds of
Hollywood, Hip-hop, and Sports. According to Samuels, the Oscar-winner had
this to say about foregoing that cinematic kiss: “Black women are not
often seen as objects of desire on film. And they have always been my core
audience.”
Candace
Cameron Bure is ‘uncomfortable’ kissing other actors on screen
In 2017, Bure told Us Weekly,
“Sometimes I’m doing my Hallmark movies and we’ve got a new guy in each
movie. I’m getting more uncomfortable with it the older I’m getting. I’m like,
‘I don’t want to keep doing this!'”
Of course, acting pays her
bills and kissing scenes can come with the territory, but she also told Us
Weekly that her husband barely comes to set to watch her film, because it
apparently bothers him, too. Bure continued, “He actually doesn’t watch
anything that I do for that very reason. Because it is uncomfortable and I
totally understand and respect it.”
Kirk
Cameron has a ‘commitment’ to not kiss anyone other than his wife
When speaking with Today hosts
Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford back in 2008, Cameron opened up a bit more
about his commitment to his wife, saying that he wanted to uphold marriage
ideals as much as he could. He said, “So marriage is a very special and
sacred thing to us. In a day and age where marriage is falling apart, we want
to make movies and projects that really uphold and have a high view of that
which is beautiful and wonderful in our culture.”
