Rosario Dawson locks lips with Jenny Slate for video series

Actresses Rosario Dawson and Jenny Slate have locked lips onscreen as part of a new video series, called 9 Kisses.

The stars are showcased in the New York Times Magazine's feature, which pairs 18 of the year's best actors in nine different scenes that lead up to a kiss.

Dawson and Slate's scenario takes place in the back of a convertible, as they count down the seconds until the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve. They then kiss and playfully embrace each other.

British actors David Oyelowo and Timothy Spall also share a same-sex kiss during an arm wrestling match. Spall plants a smooch on Oyelowo to distract him and win the power challenge.

Other duos who agreed to lock lips for the publication's Great Performers issue include Benedict Cumberbatch and Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Steve Carell, Shailene Woodley and Jack O'Connell, Kristen Stewart and Chadwick Boseman, Patricia Arquette and Jason Schwartzman, Julianne Moore and John Lithgow, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Miles Teller.