September 22, 2007
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TV Show: Family Guy

Mila Kunis' star on the rise
By BILL HARRIS - Sun Media


The Griffin clan is back tomorrow night as Family Guy meets Star Wars in a special one-hour season premiere. So what role is in store for the incessantly humiliated Meg? Tune in to see.

Mila Kunis has no illusions about Meg Griffin's function on Family Guy.

"She's the scapegoat," said Kunis, who voices Meg on the animated series, which begins its new season tomorrow night on Fox and Global. Kunis, of course, is best known for her portrayal of Jackie Burkhart on That '70s Show.

"Meg gets picked on a lot," continued Kunis, 24. "But it's funny. It's like the middle child. She is constantly in the state of being an awkward 14-year-old, when you're kind of going through puberty and what-not. She's just in perpetual mode of humiliation. And it's fun."

Not for Meg, but for everyone else, sure.

Case in point, in the special one-hour episode of Family Guy tomorrow, the Griffin clan re-enacts Star Wars, with each character assuming one of the roles in the film. So which part does Meg play?

We won't spoil it for you, but rest assured it befits her status.

Kunis, meanwhile, never envisioned voice-over work would turn out to be a cornerstone of her career.

"I have a very recognizable voice to say the least, very high-pitched and piercing and loud, and I'm very well aware of it," said Kunis, who was born in Kiev, Ukraine, back when it was part of the Soviet Union. "A lot of times people don't necessarily recognize me, but the second they hear me speak, that's when they put two and two together.

"Doing voice-overs is not something I predicted or thought I was going to be doing for eight years. You take it one day at a time and see what happens. But I'm very proud of Family Guy."

That '70s Show called it quits last year, which has given Kunis a chance to get caught up on her life.

"I started That '70s Show when I was 14, and when I wasn't doing that I was in school, so it was work to work," Kunis said. "I've never had time off. I have a lot of things to do that other people do every week, but I never got a chance to do.

"No, I don't have an assistant, because I don't need one. I'm not saying that one day I won't have one, but I'm not overwhelmed yet. I need to have some control in my life. If I had an assistant, I would feel so bad for them."

Professionally speaking, Kunis recently finished filming a Judd Apatow comedy called Forgetting Sarah Marshall, due to be in theatres some time in 2008.

"It's the same people who did Knocked Up and Superbad and The 40-Year-Old Virgin," Kunis said.

Hmmm, sounds like there could be raunchiness involved.

"Have you seen a Judd Apatow comedy? Did I have any reservations?" Kunis asked playfully. "I'm just going to say, the whole movie's raunchy.

"I personally have a little raunchiness. Listen, I'm not showing no boobies, but I'm not saying they aren't there, or that other genitalia may or may not appear."

Hey, we've seen Meg Griffin take off her shirt before, so never say never, Mila.



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