ashton!!! - After some success in modeling, Kutcher moved to Los Angeles and, after his first audition, was cast as Michael Kelso in the television series That '70s Show, which debuted in 1998 and became a long-running success. Kutcher achieved some stardom and was cast in a series of film roles; although he auditioned but was not cast for the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (2001)[5], he starred in several comedy films that performed well at the box office, including Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Just Married (2003), and Guess Who (2005). In addition, he appeared in the family film Cheaper By The Dozen, playing a self-obsessed actor. His 2004 film The Butterfly Effect was an unusually dramatic role for Kutcher, playing a conflicted young man; the film received poor reviews but became a box-office success.[2] Kutcher's characters are sometimes described in the press as 'dim pretty-boys'; Kutcher himself has said that he is working 'to change people's perceptions' about himself.[2] It is an odd statement, considering Kutcher continues to play to the type, and few of Kutcher's films, save The Butterfly Effect, have had any financial success In 2003, Kutcher produced and starred in his own series on MTV's Punk'd. The series involves various hidden camera tricks performed on celebrities. Kutcher is also the producer of the reality television show Beauty and the Geek, which debuted in 2005, and will produce a reality show based around the rap group Three 6 Mafia,[2] as well as another reality series entitled Wedding Crashers.[6] Kutcher and his producing partner, Jason Goldberg, are also working on several other series, which are in various stages of pre-production as of September 2006.[6] Kutcher's most recent film role is in The Guardian, a thriller which opened on September 29, 2006. The film co-stars Kevin Costner and Kutcher as United States Coast Guard rescue swimmers. The studio behind the film, Touchstone Pictures, initially hesitated in casting Kutcher in an action film because of his public image as a comic actor; Kutcher underwent eight months of physical training, as well as quit smoking, to prepare for the role.[2] He talks about the role and the intense preparation for it in a video interview here. Kutcher also voiced a leading character in the animated film Open Season, which opened on the same date as The Guardian, and next appears in the drama film Bobby, which is due to open in November of 2006. Both 'The Guardian' and 'Open Season' did well at the box office, opening up at the number one and two spots. 'Open Season' stayed in the top five for over a month and was a smash hit. Kutcher stated in a 2004 article in GQ that he knew why people wanted him to fail, implying it had to do with his marriage to powerful producer Moore.