Los Angeles, February 16 – Hollywood star Kate Hudson, best known for her work in feel-good films like "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," "Bride Wars," and "Fool's Gold," believes that these films prevented directors from considering her for more challenging roles.
Speaking at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Hudson said, "It was clear that that's where the industry wanted to hire me, and my goal was to make the best versions of those films.
"At that time, there were also a lot of factors: you had your team, you had people saying, 'We really think you should do this; these are great directors.' And then you had moments where you were also thinking, 'That's a lot of money, and I'm a single mom.'
"(But) I was starting to think that I really wanted to do something different. And I think when you become very famous doing that genre, it's hard for certain filmmakers to see you in anything other than what they're watching. These kinds of things, like, 'Well, transforming isn't what she does,' when, in fact, that's what I love to do."
She believes that a successful romantic comedy is far more difficult to achieve than it may seem.
The actress said, "I think it's one of the hardest genres to get right. (Rom-coms need to be approached) with the intention of making a great film, not just making a rom-com."
After receiving her second Oscar nomination for her latest film, "Song Sung Blue," Hudson hopes to get more opportunities to try new things, according to femalefirst.co.uk.
She said, "It doesn't mean that I suddenly want to do this just for the accolades; I want to do it to put people in the theatre, too.
"This feels like the beginning of maybe that part where I get to do a little bit more transformations than maybe I've been able to do in the past."
Hudson received her first Oscar nomination for "Almost Famous," and she recalls receiving some words of wisdom from her stepfather, Kurt Russell, after the 2021 ceremony.
She said, "I lost, and everything happened so quickly. My dad just turned to me — he was down a couple, and Kurt [Russell] just said, 'Congratulations, now you can go have a career.' And I was like, 'Yeah, that's right.' And that was Kurt's way of saying, like, 'Welcome, this is what it is. Everything happens, and in a second it's all over.'"