Mary-Kate Olsen: 'Kissing Ben Kingsley Was Cool'

Mary-Kate Olsen is raving about her new film and co-star Ben Kingsley's kissing skills.

In the film, The Wackness, Mary-Kate plays a small part as Union, a free-spirit who ends up locking lips with Kingsley’s character, Dr Squires.

Mary-Kate has fond memories of the experience: “It was sort of surreal.

"He is very professional and he made me feel really comfortable and it was pretty cool.

"He is one of the most talented people that I’ve ever had the opportunity to work with so I kissed him quite happily.”

Not only did Mary-Kate have such a good time filming the scene, she also has a great deal of respect for her co-star.

She said, “When I when found out that Sir Ben Kingsley was attached I was sure that appearing in The Wackness was a good decision.”