Tory Chats with Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman About 'Song Sung Blue'

Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman are teaming up for a new film. You might've heard of it. It blends music, heart, and connection. And I was able to sit down with the two superstars to talk about Sung Sung Blue, the emotional pull of the story, the power of music. Oh, and get this, Kate even brought up her Colorado roots and her love for the Denver, Denver, wrong goes. Take a look. Hugh, I wanted to ask, I'm a musical theater person. What draws you most to musicals with the Broadway and all of that? What do you love about them? Oh, I'm an actor who came to musicals late. So when you're on stage in a musical and I've done plays, but when a musical works, nothing gets an audience happier, more emotionally involved than a musical. It's just so powerful. If it doesn't work, it's not great. But it's the high of the highs and low of the lows. I think that's what it is. It's that high we're chasing. I think it just opens people's hearts. The goose bumps happen every time. Kate, I love how you pick characters. I always think you're a really good picker and I'd love to know what you connected most with Claire and what was like your favorite trait of hers? There's a lot. I mean, the role in general, just what it demands of me as an actor and as a performer is something that I had never done before and was just so excited to do. She goes to incredibly joyous places and then incredibly challenging places. So that was really, really wonderful. But I keep coming back to, there's two things. One, the way she loved Mike, the way I got to work with Hugh and that depth of connection and the love story like that, which is different than other love stories or love relationships I've had on screen. The movie lives and dies with the fact that we need to work as a love story. And so that was exciting. And then also just her fight for joy. I mean, I think Claire, every ounce of her wants to live in a joyous place, even when it's hard for her. And I really looked forward to playing that when we first started. Laurie, can I be trivial? You made a great observation about Kate Hudson being a good picker. Isn't she? You really should be on her gift list. Oh my gosh. Yay, yay. Like the wrap gift. It was my birthday during the shoot and wrap gifts. And both those gifts, I'm like, this is like the greatest gift I've ever gotten in my life. Got a good little noggin right there. Okay, I have a question for you both. If someone was playing you in a movie, and Hugh, I can start with you, what would one thing they need to get right? Well, by the way, Brad Pitt's constantly asking, and I'm like, Hugh, you are not tall enough. You're like Brad. You're not nearly handsome enough. Not nearly handsome enough. What is this? Come on, I'm not even close. I mean, they'd have to get- That I'm a nerd. I'm a nerd. Yeah, there he goes. I'm a nerd, yeah. Nerd vibe. He's a hot nerd. Yeah. What would they have to get right? My laugh, right? You said, that's what you said. The laugh. He said laugh. I'm like, oh, I think- You've got an iconic, like, it's you. It's Eddie Murphy. That's the laugh. That's so funny. Eddie Murphy. Someone also told me that- Oh my God. Someone also told you what? You're getting shot? Someone told me also that I reminded them of Eddie Murphy because we both started so young until they think that you're older. Oh, that's funny. Because, like, I started at, like, 19, and so everybody thinks I've been doing this for 5,000 years. Right. But I'm not that old yet. Well, suppose you've got a 41-year-old kid. I do, I'm a 40-year-old child. That's very true, that's what I see of you. Okay, finally, if you guys had to be in a cover band for yourself, who would you most, your fantasy cover band be? Oh, I mean- To be? In? To be in. Mm, go for it. I mean, I would, it would be Fleetwood Mac. Oh, yeah, that's a great choice. I mean, that would be me. That would just be my, I mean, how could I not? That's, like, the greatest. And then you'd have, like, great duets and- Oh, well, I'm gonna leave that band with you. Let's do that. Yeah, you could be Lindsey. Or you could even- Oh, man. I'll be Lindsey, and we can do, let's do, we'll do first half Fleetwood back, and then we can do Neil Diamond. Right, or you could, like, come in and do a little Tom Petty or Don Henley. I mean, they've got all kinds of- You gotta go Henley. That's a great choice. You gotta go Henley. I told you. She's a great picker. She is. What I mean, I told you. You told us. Thank you guys so much. Sweet Kate and Hugh. It's been a pleasure. Thank you guys so much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Go Broncos! Happy holidays. Go Broncos! After midnight, searching for you. You can see Sung Sung Blue in theaters now.