Kate Hudson has been a top actress since she stepped into our hearts in 2000 when she starred in the masterpiece “Almost Famous”. But she says there’s one role that still hurts to have missed out on.
Hudson talked to The World’s First Podcast with Erin and Sara Foster this week and said she lost the lead in Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! to Nicole Kidman.
“One of my favorite auditions I ever did was with Baz Luhrmann,” Kate said.
“We had a piano player and he had a camera – it was like playing make believe.”
But she didn’t get the part because Luhrmann went ‘way older’ by casting Kidman, who is 12 years Hudson’s senior.
‘I really wanted that part and it was written at the time for a 19-year-old girl, I believe,’ she said.
‘Then what happened was I was sort of in the auditioning process and then Nicole had a relationship with Baz and wanted to do it,’ she continued.
‘And so of course, it was like, “I guess Nicole Kidman’s doing it.” I just felt very connected to the way [Luhrmann] does things, so I was bummed out.’
Hudson added: ‘Of course, totally got it, because it’s Nicole. It couldn’t be more different… I really wanted that part.’
Meeooow!