Kate Hudson and Glen Powell are two movie stars who moonlight as drinking buddies. They first met through the Hudson brothers, who are also actors: Powell co-starred with Wyatt Russell in Richard Linklater’s 2016 baseball comedy “Everybody Wants Some!!” And she shared the screen with Oliver Hudson in Fox’s slasher series “Scream Queens,” co-created by Ryan Murphy.
And 2022 has proven to be a major year for both Powell and Kate Hudson. His career skyrocketed to new heights after he played a marine pilot in two different films – the acclaimed biopic ‘Devotion’ and Tom Cruise’s smash hit ‘Top Gun: Maverick’. Hudson, who reveals herself to be a huge fan of “Top Gun,” marks a return to rich comedy action as an egotistical socialite in the sequel to “Knives Out,” “Glass Onion.”
Kate Hudson: We’ve known each other for a while, because you did “everyone wants each other!!” With my brother Wyatt. And you guys went to Austin and had what seemed like a full party. Then I went and did Top Gun, which we talked about when I got this movie, because the first movie was everything. I set a lot of how I see boys.
Glenn Powell: Oh, now it all makes sense.
Hudson: You did the movie and then there was COVID. Then Top Gun came out and blew everyone’s socks off. It was the first major theatrical film.
Powell: I wrote about all of these things because it’s hard to describe. I have been preparing for this exam for several months. I used to live on naval bases. Then I didn’t get the role – Miles Teller got the role of the Rooster. And then this whole situation where Tom Cruise offers me a new role.
It took more than a year to shoot the movie. Tom is a perfectionist, and so he would say, “We have to get it right.” And I saw the movie, and then COVID happened, and I was like, “Oh, man, we’re sitting on this cool thing.”
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Hudson: “Too bad! It’s over! Nobody ever goes to the theater again!” But that’s not what happened. In true Tom Cruise form, a perfectionist, he always wins. I was in New York and went to Union Square to watch it on the big screen with the audience. It was like, “Thank God. These are the movies we need in cinema.”
Powell: They showed us the final cut. I saw that movie and I said, “I think we did it. Tom shot it—Babe bequeathed it.” He was like, “This movie is good enough that we’ll just have to wait for this pandemic to end.” But do you know how it is.
You guys also incorporated masks into your film.
Hudson: The masks in this movie are an easter egg to find out who all these people are. Each person, the way he puts on his mask, is really who he is.
Powell: And your character, Birdie, is an icon. She is a fun person. It’s a Halloween costume.
Hudson: Next year, I hope to see a group of “Knives Out” characters.
Powell: Knowing you for as long as I’ve known you, you’re surrounded by some of the most interesting people ever. Every time you come to your home or family farm, there are always interesting and eccentric people walking around. So I was like, I feel like this character has to be based on something.
Hudson: Maybe there are some colors that I have stolen from people I know. But to me, I could see her body language. I could see how it moved. The jokes were the hardest part because the pressure was like that. It’s the whole cast, like, “I wonder how you’re going to deliver the line we love so much.”
Powell: I love the crew who feel invested in the movie. But one of my least favorite things is when the crew is like, “Oh my God, great day. This is it.”
Hudson: pressure like this. The challenge with Byrdie was putting her off because she’s so flamboyant. In a situation like this, a character can become very airy and have no substance. If you establish characters like that, you become more empathetic to them and kind of root for them. She is deeply searching for validation and love. And she’s really not that smart. Her ways of trying to be seen or validated only backfire on her.
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Powell: You are kind of a performer in terms of the way you dance. We’ve both been in this business for a long time, and there are a bunch of people we both know who can’t help but be the center of attention.
Hudson: You are the guy that everyone roots for because everyone loves you so much. So it was really fun to see you play something like, “He’s really handsome, but I want to like him more.”
Powell: Sometimes you may fall into the trap of wanting to be liked on camera. And in a movie like this where you know there’s going to be a lot of eyes on him, you don’t want to be Draco Malfoy. But Tom gave me this advice: “For the ending to work, you have to absolutely lean into it. Everyone else in the movie doubts his abilities. You’re the only person he doesn’t question. So if there’s any kind of apology in anything you say, the movie Doesn’t work. Lean on everything.”
Hudson: recline.
Powell: I kept receiving like a trash bag. Even the thing I did with Ollie in “Scream Queens” where I’m so dopey.
Hudson: This is correct. I feel like everyone knows now that we’ve had so many times drinking together – with family.
Powell: Signed with Russells and Hudsons.
Hudson: Let’s beat Tom. Because we love talking about Tom. My son recently wanted to skydive. And I didn’t know what to do with myself. He’s 18, I was like, “I want to call Tom.” Tom was all about it.
Powell: Did you call Tom about skydiving in Ryder?
Hudson: I was like, please, who am I calling? I don’t want him to go to a strange place. And Tom was so excited. By the end of this phone call, I wanted to dive in solo. Somehow, it convinced me how cool skydiving was. And you worked with Tom, and now you’re a pilot. Did this give you the talk about flying and its importance?
Powell: I grew up with blue angels on my wall. I’ve always loved planes. But when you see Tom’s love of flying, it’s the most infectious thing. He’ll be flying on the set in his P-51, this old plane from WWII. It is the realm of reality distortion where he can convince you that anything is possible. He goes to sit like it’s his first day, every day. Speaking of lenses. He would write to me at night about a scene I was shooting the next day.
Hudson: It’s also like, “Look, it wouldn’t turn out if it wasn’t cool.” And Top Gun, if it wasn’t great, it would be terrible. It would have been such a bummer. We needed a really good Top Gun.
This is one of those things that happen all the time. You are doing a movie. Then you make another movie that’s another plane movie. And then all anyone wants to talk about is, “Are you going to do airplane movies just now?” Because you have Top Gun and now Dedication, and you’re a pilot in both. People will always ask you about driving as if that was the only thing you would ever do.
Powell: I just paid a visit to the Pentagon yesterday, and it is by far the most famous visit I’ve ever had in my life. “Dedication” – I found this book and have been developing it for five years. So when I missed the role of Rooster, the conversation I had with Tom was, “Hey, I didn’t get that role, but I already have a naval aviation movie that I’ve been developing. Maybe that’s just what I’m going to do.” And he convinced me that there was room for two. And I’m really glad, because everything I learned in “Top Gun” has to be incorporated into “Dedication.” But it seems like, “Hey, are you going to do anything else?”
Hudson: Jonathan Majors Major. I loved your chemistry.
Powell: When you encounter someone who brings it on, there is no better feeling. He is an absolute focused man. I knew it was a method. So, our first conversation, I said, “No matter what happens, we should be able to look each other in the eye and understand what’s real and what’s not.”
Hudson: She worked with Daniel Day-Lewis on the series ‘Nine’. You’ve got the best of Daniel Day-Lewis. The Daniel I had wrote me letters every day, very loving and sweet. And then I remember one time Leo DiCaprio, because they did “Gangs of New York,” he was like, “How was Daniel?” I’m like, “Great.” It’s like, “Really?” When you work with a really methodical person, you never know who you’ll get with each day.
Powell: Do you still have these letters?
Hudson: I do.
Powell: Knives Out sounds like the greatest experience ever. And also, every one of these representatives has a good reputation. You guys were shooting in Greece while Linklater and I had just finished writing a movie together, exploring the seedy parts of Houston strip clubs. It’s not Greece.
Hudson: You and I are going to do a rom-com – a much needed and well written rom-com – in Italy. When someone has the ability to be funny and touching and has a certain idea about them, girls like me or Reese or Sandra, we’re like, “Does Glenn do rom-coms?”
Powell: I love your picture, Sandra Bullock and Reese Witherspoon sitting talking about me.
“Almost Famous” is one of my favorite movies. This is not an easy role. And the world fell in love with you — and you went on tour for the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards, and you were…
Hudson: twelve. I was so young. It was amazing. It felt like a dream. I remember the day after the Oscars. The whole awards thing is a months-long process. And this is me at 21: When I woke up the day after the loss, it was like, “Oh, wow, this just happened.” For me, it was the coolest upcoming party you could ever ask for. Being from the family I come from, my parents’ concern was that I didn’t understand the peaks and valleys of what this business was really about.
That moment for them was like, “Oh, you’re going to be fine.” Because I felt so down to earth. The process was a whirlwind, but I was in love with my then-husband and wanted to nest. The next day, I get a four-page letter from Kurt, and you know Kurt: He’s not the empathetic dad. But he wrote me this letter of four pages, which I shall keep to myself. This was the coming of age. Now looking back, I’m like, “Wow, I was a kid.” I was a child. I want that for my kids. I want it with my friends. I want to be able to get a real perspective on all of that.
Powell: The one thing I realized, getting to know your family, is that everyone has the most grounded perspective. There is no single psychic in the group.
Hudson: Well, Oliver.
Powell: One of my favorite moments in “Scream Queens” was that they directed Oliver’s shirtless scene at the last minute. And he was like, “I’m not in good shape.” Instead of trying to get back in shape, he ate more. I was like, that sums up Oliver.
Hudson: Oh, Glenn, I love you. I’m so glad they paired us up because we have such a good history.
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