Ashton dropped in 'scheduling' mis-match

Ashton Kutcher’s love life may be red hot but his acting career has taken a few knocks lately. The good-looking actor of That 70’s Show and current boyfriend of Demi Moore was reportedly dropped from Cameron Crowe’s latest movie because the director didn’t warm to his acting skills.

Kutcher had said last month he had to leave the cast of Elizabethtown when the filming schedule changed, causing a conflict with his TV commitments. But the latest report suggests Crowe became dissatisfied with Kutcher’s rehearsals and even suggested the 25-year-old take acting lessons.

A source claims, "Cameron was unhappy with his read-throughs. Ashton did several and each one was worse and worse. Cameron even postponed production because he thought the readings would get better but they didn't. At one point, Cameron suggested that Ashton take acting lessons. Soon after that, they both decided it would be best if Ashton was not in the movie."

The official word from Crowe’s representative is that they have no idea why Kutcher left the project, saying, "I am not aware of any of this. Schedules changed but I don't know what transpired between (them)."

Kutcher was also recently dropped from the latest Steven Soderbergh film, reportedly because the Oscar-winning director didn’t like his public profile due to his romance with the much older Moore.