Kate Hudson Reveals She Auditioned For Hugh Jackman's Movies

I still feel like I get banana peels thrown at me all the time. I have auditioned for every singing movie that you've done. God, I love your accent. I can't do that accent. Listen, this has been great. Thank you so much for having me. I'm joking. Listen, I love this. And do you know what I love the most? It's you two singing together. I mean, how exciting is it that you're getting to do a film, where you're getting to do all the acting as well, but you're actually getting to sing and sing together. The best. It's everything we love to do, right? It's true. If only there was cooking involved as well. You know what I just realized? Oh, God. I just realized that I have auditioned for every singing movie that you've done. The Greatest Showman. Right. Les Mis. Right. And we finally, I finally. Wow. And I texted Craig Brewer, the writer-director, and I said, Claire is Kate Hudson. Kate Hudson is Claire. And he was like, 100%. I'm getting in touch with her. I know I'm getting in touch with her. I love that. It just felt so obvious. It's like, yeah, it's like I wanted to, yeah, I finally got to sing with you. But this is a perfect role. Yeah. And you're so good, and yeah. And singing together was just such a joy. When we were in the recording studio, we sung Holly Holly together. We were sitting on a couch, microphone, just holding the lyrics, and I just got goosebumps, you know. Your voice is, I mean, obviously, you're known for your voice here. Your voice is absolutely incredible. I'll never, like, not see you as Jean Valjean, because that, to me, that performance. I watched it with my grandad as well. I dragged him to it. Did you? So that's really special. I know, he was like, not really sure what was going on. He was like, thought this film was about war, but anyway. And Kate, but Kate, your voice I love, because I am a rock chick at heart. And I just, your voice is so delicious. Oh, thank you. How fun was it for both of you getting to obviously do the rock element as well? Because I love old school rock like Neil Diamond. Yeah, I know. It was fantastic. And Neil's voice is like the same range as mine. He's such a beautiful singer. Doing all those songs. And just, people love him. I sing him in my own show now, because people just love them. They just make people happy. And those days of shooting with his bars. Yeah. It was incredible. And it was fun to get to do harmonies in those songs, that we were sort of finding all the, this like new, you know, more of like a, like Forever in Blue Jeans as a duet is actually really great. You know? Am I right in saying that you two did a musical pilot or something together that never happened? Like a reading. We did like a workshop. Yeah. Yeah, they do workshops. Yeah, just trying things out and it never happened, unfortunately. It was a cool idea. Yeah. But I want the Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson musical now. Like, are we going to get back at the table now, guys? I mean, come on. We never know. I hope so. That'd be so fun. I'd hate to do it on stage. I'm in. I will do it. And do you know what I noticed as well? Obviously, when I was watching the movie, you'd notice for struggling musicians what life is actually like. You kind of see behind, you know, what you see on stage. And I actually grew up singing in rock bands and all that, so I remember like all the gigs we'd do. So you're a singer. Well, back then, I mean, it's been a long time, you know what I mean? I can sing a wee bit in karaoke every now and then, but don't ask me to sing. But it made me laugh because you don't often see that side of like what happens and how much of a struggle it is and all the jobs you take on. I mean, did it make you reflect on the times in your career where you're like doing these random gigs or random jobs or you're struggling to get auditions? Yeah, totally. But I, by the way, I loved all those things. I did some theatre stuff. I did stuff at the beginning when I was at drama school, but I just, I was thrilled. But it's weird. What it makes me want to do is go down to my local pub. It makes me want to put a little extra money in the tip jar. It makes me want to stop and chat with them because they're often so great and they can be taken for granted. And a lot of them, success is not just being Radiohead, you know. You're going to see Radiohead tonight at the O2. Yes, I am. Of course that's successful. But actually, playing at the three nights a week in the lobby of the hotel, yeah, you're earning a living or you're just doing it. It's successful and I love it. Do you think it's also like just luck as well sometimes? Because obviously it's talent. Of course it's talent. But do you think sometimes when people that actually, you know, make it, quote unquote, sometimes it's just luck? I think it's a bunch of things. I think it's like the outliers book, you know. It's the 10,000 hours. It's luck. It's circumstance. It's location. Yeah. You know, I mean, there's so many things that are, you know, at play. Sometimes it's, you know. Yeah, it's not. You can't boil it down to one thing. Longevity is talent. Talent will always win. It doesn't matter. Hard work. Hard work and talent. But just think of the lack of history. I mean, in the last 100 years, actors have been pretty much revered. 300 years ago? No. You were the people throwing tomatoes at you. You were the court jester. You were going from town to town. I kind of always feel like a court jester. We still are. I still feel like I get banana peels thrown at me all the time, you know. No. It's like, oh, yeah, it's okay. I get it. You know, part of me is like, you know, I think, right? You've got to be willing to be the pie in the face people. Yeah. You've got to be able to fall down. You've got to be able to laugh at yourself. You've got to be able to take it. My dad, actually, when I told him I wanted to be an actor, he said, I think you have the talent, but I think you're too thin-skinned. Really? Are you? I don't read reviews. I don't look at comments. Oh, no. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. I am like. You're thick-skinned? I think so. I think you are, too. I think so because I also have only brothers. So that's kind of was the beginning of creating a callous. They just come at me with every criticism and judgment. No, but I think women is different. Sorry. But I think we do get far more criticism and judgment. Absolutely. And so you have to, like, it's more about how you look. It's more about. Is it mainly from women or everyone? What? The judgment. Is it mainly from other women or is it all? Both. Okay. But, like, yeah. So I think you have to be. Have that, you know. Guys, I love this. We've had such a deep chat. I'm out of time. I love that your dad said that. That's so funny. You can always rely on the family. Yeah, totally. Thank you so much. And listen, I'm from Glasgow. So if you need a bodyguard. I love Glasgow. You're coming. I'll do it. That's where I started my world tour in Glasgow. I love it. Amazing, guys. You've literally made my day. Thank you so much. Bye.