Song Sung Blue stars Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman celebrated major win together.
On Monday, the duo accepted the 2025 Gotham Awards’ inaugural Gotham Musical Tribute for Song Sung Blue.
Speaking with People Magazine on the red carpet, Kate and Hugh revealed what they learned from each other while working together.
Kate told the outlet, “Hugh, his superpower is to connect.”
Adding, “Whether it’s on stage, whether it’s on set, whether it’s with anyone and everyone — he just wants to connect and he wants to make sure that everyone’s happy.”
“I learned that one of the great gifts you can give people is that you actually have a desire to connect to them,” the actress noted. Furthermore, turning towards the Deadpool & Wolverine star, she said, “I think you give that to everybody — even though I’m sure it takes a lot from you. You’re like a masseuse who’s constantly giving energy to other people, and needs energy for you.”
On the other hand, Hugh, who was standing beside her during the conversation, went on to share, “I learned a lot from Kate. I learned about acting on film, actually. I’ve done almost 50 films, but, somehow, working with Kate — it’s a very difficult thing to describe but the mixture of being prepared and just being instinctive is a really fine line and no one does it better than Kate Hudson.”
He added, “Being with her, I learned and I think I became a better actor.”
“Also, there were two key moments where she stuck up for the film, which was inconvenient for timing and everyone, but both of the moments are key moments in the movie now,” the actor said. “So, it’s sort of that idea of picking your battles, knowing when you need to just really say, ‘No I disagree.’ And I learned that from Kate, because she’s the sweetest, nicest, kindest, always great. So when Kate Hudson says, ‘I think this is a mistake, I think we should go left and not right,’ everyone stops and listens.”
As Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson just kicked off the awards season with big win for Song Sung Blue, the actress is also receiving Oscar buzz for her role.
Reacting to the award buzz, Kate said, “You never know with these things. I’ve been around now long enough to know just to enjoy that people are really loving the movie.”
“And just, you know, show up to where they tell me to go,” she added.
