Winona riter reveals why Jeff Bridges refused to kiss her during Fearless audition Never Been Kissed by Jeff Bridges Winona writer 52 revealed on Josh horowitz's happy sad confused podcast that Bridges 74 refused to lock lips with the stranger thing star when they were auditioning for the 1993 drama film Fearless dear viewer subscribe my channel and like share my videos and bridges did that for all the right reasons Jeff Bridges who I love wouldn't kiss me because I was like too young Ryder said on the podcast episode released Monday at the end of the scene he was supposed to kiss me and I was like Ryder continued mimicking herself preparing to smooch Bridges and he like he kissed my forehead she recalled he's like you're like my daughter's age and I was like no she recalled that the studio had a problem with her and brid's interation relationship in the movie and she feared she wouldn't get the role until Bridges went to bat for her Jeff wanted me to play the part well you never hear that Perez said you never hear an actor of his caliber going to bat for someone who still is fairly kind of new and regulated only to certain type of parts he just gave me so much confidence she added about bridges I went in again and they offered me the part while Ryder missed out on being in Fearless that same year she starred in The Age of Innocence which was huge for writer's career earning the actress her first Oscar nomination the movie directed by Peter Weir and based on a novel written by rapael glacius follows a man named Max Bridges who experiences radical changes to his personality after surviving a plane crash for