Irish American actress Olivia Wilde filming in New York with Jason Bateman

Olivia Wilde on the set of 'The Longest Week' (FlynetPictures.com)

Irish American actress Olivia Wilde is currently in production for her latest film ‘The Longest Week,’ co-starring Jason Bateman. The film is set for release in 2012 and has been filming recently in and around New York City.

In the new movie, Wilde plays the role of Bateman’s love interest - the two were spotted lip-locking on set last week. Wilde and Bateman also starred alongside each other in the 2011 film ‘The Change-Up.’

Besides filming, though, the brunette beauty has popped up in recent news for commenting to Page Six on the explosive Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries divorce. On it, the recently divorced Wilde commented “I empathize. It's not easy. It's the hardest thing in the world. People judge you because divorce is seen as failure. [Kim] took a risk. No one should be attacking her. Our attention should be focused on things that are truly scandalous."

Later, though, after her comments gained some traction across media outlets, Wilde (@oliviawilde) tweeted: “I've never seen the Kardashian show. My point was that our collective brainpower is wasted on judging her. Let's end wars and feed people.”

Fair play to Wilde, who takes an active interest in politics and human rights organizations, most notably with Artists for Peace and Justice.

Jason Bateman visits Ireland for ‘The Change Up’ premiere - VIDEO

Jason Bateman is a dutiful actor.  After his film with Ryan Reynolds, The Change Up, pretty much crashed and burned at the box office when it opened in August – not to mention the critical mauling it received – Bateman stayed on the publicity trail anyway and plugged the European release of the turkey.  His itinerary included the Dublin premiere.

Bateman, the star of the cult TV classic Arrested Development, is really hitting his prime this year, The Change Up notwithstanding.  He was one of the ensemble stars of the hit Horrible Bosses with Colin Farrell and he’s got a host of other projects in the pipeline.  He’s also expecting child number two with his wife Amanda Anka, daughter of the crooner Paul Anka.

Bateman was asked by an Irish entertainment website about his favorite Irish actor, and not surprisingly it was Farrell. “I didn't have any scenes with Colin Farrell in Horrible Bosses but I bumped into him on set and I have to say he is my favorite,” he said.

He also told the Evening Herald that Farrell was “hilarious. He was really great on set, I loved how he played his character. I'd really like to work with him again.”

Bateman didn’t claim any Irish ancestry during his day in Dublin, and in fact his mother is British.  But he enjoyed his time in the Irish capital and wouldn’t mind coming back.

"I've been here for 24 hours and I got to look around a bit but I would have loved to stay longer. I brought my three-year-old daughter with me and she really enjoyed it here too,” he said.

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