Glenn Close said Mila Kunis became a “friend for life” after they played an estranged mother and daughter in a new drama.

The Hollywood stars appear opposite each other in Four Good Days, which tells the story of a family destroyed by drug addiction.

Kunis, 36, plays a recovering addict while Close, 72, stars as the desperate mother battling to save her. Speaking at the Four Good Days world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, she told the PA news agency: “I absolutely adore Mila.

“She’s really gifted, she leapt into this part, and for someone who is known for romantic comedy and for being so beautiful, she just really found a character very true to the character. “From the very beginning we had great chemistry so she’s now a friend for life.”

Kunis, who is married to fellow Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher, was equally effusive in her praise for Close. “She’s just great to be around, energetically and otherwise, everything about her, her effortless nature, it’s infectious.”

Four Good Days explores the opioid crisis currently ravaging the US, with the government estimating 130 people a day die from opioid-related drug overdoses.