'Method Actor' Ashton Kutcher Taking Steve Jobs Character Too Far, Accused Of Being 'Mean'
July 25 2012, Published 1:00 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Steve Jobs had a reputation for being a genius, but also for being difficult to work with, and it seems Ashton Kutcher, who is playing the late Apple founder in a new movie, is taking his character's traits a little too much to heart, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.
A person working on the indie film, Jobs: Get Inspired tells Breaking Celebrity News that the actor refuses to “come out of character” after the cameras stop rolling and that even during lunch he "doesn’t crack.”
“He’s not been nice to people on set. He's been really mean to everyone, even when he's off camera,” the source says -- going on to claim that Ashton is taking the role so seriously that he won’t even let his rumored fling Mila Kunis on set because she’s a distraction and “he’ll break character.”
"I've heard that on Two and a Half Men Ashton is really cool and friendly, even to the extras, and a great guy -- that he's friendly with everyone and goofs around, but it's been the polar opposite on this movie."
The insider says that at first he didn't understand why Ashton was being so terrible to people even when the cameras weren’t rolling, but he was quickly filled in.
“I didn’t understand when he started yelling at people. A PA had to explain to me that Ashton was insistent on staying in character at all times on set. I'm pretty sure this a whole new way of acting for him, it's kind of bizarre.
"There was preparing for a scene the other day where he had to fire a bunch of people and he got himself really worked up. W