Jack Nicholson Reviews His Kiss with Paul Rudd

Fans have seen Jack Nicholson play everything from a retired astronaut in ‘Terms of Endearment’ to a raging alcoholic in ‘The Shining,’ but in his new movie ‘How Do You Know’ Jack plays a character that causes the actor to reveal a softer side of himself that audiences aren’t necessarily used to.

‘How Do You Know’ follows Lisa (Reese Witherspoon) a young woman caught in between two men: George (Paul Rudd), a businessman, and Matty (Owen Wilson), a professional baseball player.

Jack plays Paul’s father in the movie, who showers his son in kisses. The Oscar winner tried to describe how he felt locking lips with Paul.

“I kissed him so many times,” said Jack, at the Hollywood premiere on Monday. “I had all kinds of emotions.”

Paul called his smooch scenes with Jack an experience he’ll never forget.

“I think I kissed him in every scene,” said Paul. “I think that might be a record for me.”

Owen savored his role as a man who doesn’t hold himself to social conventions.

“He’s one of these guys who doesn’t really have a filter,” said Owen. “He just kind of says what comes into his mind.”

While filming, the cast received a surprise that Reese revealed on the red carpet, saying, “We were shooting in Washington D.C. and we thought, ‘Maybe we can get in [the White House]?’ so we called somebody and took a tour. And as we were on the tour we got a message that the President wanted to say hi and he had just seen ‘I Love You Man’ and he loved Paul’s performance, and it was really exciting.”

‘How Do You Know’ hits theaters Friday, December 17.