Kate Hudson was more than happy to team up with Matthew McConaughey again, she just wanted to wait for the right time. The two had a great time together on How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, but were reluctant to just do another movie for the sake of doing it. The 28-year-old actress says, “We had got plenty of opportunities to do it before. The things that came were like “eh” and then this came and the relationship felt right because it felt like an extension of How To Lose A Guy but it was completely different. We had a blast.”
The character seemed like fun to her because the back and forth ribbing is in their nature. She laughs, "For me, I was so excited to play the exacerbated, tough, ex of his. For instance, in How to Lose a Guy, the reason that worked was because we loved being exasperated by each other. That’s kind of how I felt about this except it was so different. The story is so different. Yet somehow the connection or the similarity of whatever it is that we do, was there. When we finally got it on its feet it just came really easy."
Of course it didn’t hurt that they got a tropical vacation out of the deal. She says, “We followed summer for a year. I was really tan at the end of it all, but I went right back to New York, where I live for the other half of the year and it’s cold and I want to cover my body.” The only downside was the cold water. “We were in the water and we were like ‘Brrrr’ and it was totally insane. We still had water going, we had to kiss, I was wiping snot off his face."
More from Hudson after the jump:
Q: Matthew said in Glamour that you two were, “the perfect pain in each other’s asses.” Is that accurate?
A: [Laughs] I’m not that bad, but personally we can drive each other crazy but there’s a real honest love with each other. It’s also one of those things when you know someone so well and love them, like my brothers, the things that drive you crazy you still love about them.
Q: Were you nervous to do any of the underwater scenes?
A: When you’re underwater, there’s no messing around. I can hold my breath for 45 seconds. We did a blowhole scene where they had a mechanism to make a wave and I was nervous. You had to trust that the people there. I had to learn hand signals, so we were down there and it was murky and I was waving my arm and afterwards I think the exact words out of my mouth were: “What the [expletive] was that?”
Q: Did you give Matthew any parental advice?
A: This is what I get to teach Matthew: “You think that now and then you have your child and you realize they are nothing like you’d expect them to be. Ryder doesn’t like to sing. You’d think, “I sing, Chris sings, my mother sings, his grandfather – everybody sings.” We’ve caught him a few times but he doesn’t like it. They’re their own person. You could literally give birth to a conservative, Republican who is a brainiac with math and go, “I don’t know where you came from.”
Q: He should be a fun dad, though, right?
A: I think he will be an incredible dad. I think because people see Matthew out dancing in a bar or beaching around, taking a hike with some crazy bandana on, like anything people take the image of what they want someone to be and they just run with it. When you really know a person and love a person it’s nice to know that that person is nothing like that image. Matthew is one of the most loving and loyal people I know. He’s a family person, he loves kids and I think he’ll be an absolute blast as a dad.
Q: So how’s single life treating you?
A: I like it. My single life is me, Ryder and Chris [Robinson of The Black Crowes, her ex-husband]. It doesn’t change. Chris and I were in Aspen over Christmas and we were like, “So, should we go to a bar?” [Laughs] Really my main focus is Ryder, same with Chris. I feel like personally like I’m a great place because I’m so happy to be alone with our son and Chris is, too. I’m not really interested in a relationship right now. I’m interested in my son.
Q: So how have you been handling the tabloid media attention recently?
A: You just let people write whatever they are going to write and you close your eyes. You have a laugh and I’ll just continue knowing my truth. My truth is the people I love. It just feels not real. You have to realize that and it’s hard to come to terms with the fact that you have to look at it and go "Wait a minute. None of this is real. This isn’t my life."
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