Winona Ryder reveals A-list actor refused to kiss her during an audition

Winona Ryder has recalled the moment a big-name Hollywood actor refused to kiss her when she puckered up during an audition.

Winona Ryder recalled Jeff Bridges refusing to kiss her during an audition because she was two decades younger than him.

The Beetlejuice actress was 21 years old when she tried out for the 1993 film Fearless with the actor, who was more than twice her age at 43 years old.

“Jeff Bridges, who I love, wouldn’t kiss me because I was too young,” she said in Monday’s episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

Ryder, now 52, remembered they were “supposed to kiss” at the end of their scene, so she closed her eyes and puckered up before Bridges, now 74, hesitated.

“He kissed my forehead, and he’s like, ‘You’re, like, my daughter’s age, you know?’ And I was like, ‘No, no!’” she said while laughing.

Winona Ryder discussed past auditions on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

The actress recalled A-lister Jeff Bridges refusing to kiss her at one audition.

Bridges shares daughters Isabelle, 43, Jessica, 41, and Haley, 38, with his wife of 47 years, Susan Bridges.

The Edward Scissorhands actress did not specify which role she was trying to snag in Fearless, which ultimately starred Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez and John Turturro.

Bridges went on to star in the 1993 film Fearless alongside Isabella Rossellini. Picture: Warner Bros./Everett Collection

Ryder went on to star in the popular film The Age of Innocence that same year, which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and a Golden Globe win in the same category.

Ryder is currently on a press tour for her new movie Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in Venice, Italy. Picture: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images

“I feel like that was sort of my graduation, too, because when you’re a teen actor and a kid, you’re always hearing about the transition into adult roles and how it’s impossible. … I feel like Age of Innocence really was huge,” she said elsewhere in the podcast interview.

Ryder later scored a second Academy Award nomination for her role as Jo March in 1994’s Little Women.

She has also starred in Girl, Interrupted as well as the upcoming film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Ryder also starred in the Netflix show Stranger Things and helped cast Sadie Sink after seeing her act in The Americans.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission