Ladies, you need to see the latest Kate Hudson film. At least Kate Hudson thinks you do. One of the things she felt while making the comedy about best friends who, because of a clerical error, find themselves having their respective weddings on the same day, was the overwhelming excitement for the day when she and her girlfriends would be able to see the movie together. The Quad was given the opportunity to talk with the stars of this latest romantic comedy in Kate Hudson’s career. The stars are Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. For about ten-to-fifteen minutes, the two shared their experiences of working on the movie, what they learned from one another while making the movie, the business aspect of filmmaking, as well as insights into their own careers and how they balance professionalism with simply having fun, the reason why they pursued acting in the first place.
Hudson and Hathaway begin the interview with delight, sounding very affable, and inviting. The two acknowledge that they feel a little “lethargic,” and that the lethargy is a result of the lunch they’ve just finished, and they are talking from a room which Kate Hudson describes as a “weird Star Trek setting.” The conversation meanders for about fifteen seconds, as Kate and Anne wonder whether there will be confusion over the sounds of their voices which reaches a climax when Anne, for about two seconds, delivers a British accent and offers to talk like that for the duration of the interview, before the subject at hand is addressed, the upcoming romantic comedy, “Bride Wars.”
The movie itself appears to be another dime-a-dozen comedy, and seems like it will not offer any surprises or revelations about the human condition, but the production of “Bride Wars” offers a surprise about Kate Hudson’s ever-expanding career. Kate Hudson: The Producer. Kate Hudson is a producer for this film, and she spoke about the experience of being producer as “a long process of developing.” She speaks about how “Bride Wars” is a movie that really is five years in the making, but she had the dedication to see the movie to fruition because she believed in the story of the film, and the message of the film.
Anne Hathaway, an Oscar-nominee hopeful for her performance in the movie “Rachel Getting Married,” offered insights into the story, and the message of the movie. The question is, “what are the reasons why these friends who, very early in the film vow to be each other’s maids of honor, end up turning on each other as soon as they hear their wedding days are the same, and resort to measures of chicanery and tomfoolery?” “The script provides a logical, heartfelt background for why these friends end up treating each other the way they do” says Anne Hathaway. “And the movie is grounded into reality.” Kate Hudson feels that women everywhere will be able to identify with the two characters of Emma and Liv because Emma and Liv are two emotional, and sometimes crazy, creatures. Hudson acknowledges that she tapped into her “inner Godzilla” as she portrayed her character, Liv, and feels that “as females, we get worked up. We’re emotional creatures. We can get crazy but we can laugh at ourselves too.”
It is these words which explains why Kate Hudson is excited for her girlfriends to see it, as well as girlfriends around the world. “Bride Wars” is about females and for females.
As this movie is a movie about weddings, it is only a matter of time before the two women are asked to share what their wedding fantasies were as little girls. When asked, Hudson and Hathaway are more than willing and excited to reveal what once were their fantasies, or lack thereof.
Hudson more or less explains how, in her family, marriage was simply looked at as an agreement to be with that one person for the rest of each other’s lives, and that weddings were never a part of the family, so the wedding isn’t what mattered to her. The only thing of matter would be the person she’s married to, and she found him, and she couldn’t be happier.
Hathaway reveals that as a little girl, she fantasized that she and Leonard DiCaprio would meet, and that would be that. However, she realized that things weren’t as simple and smooth as her fantasy was with Leonardo DiCaprio. Now she knows that she and Leo will never marry, and her experiences have led her to a perspective just like Kate’s, and that perspective is it is more about the guy than the wedding itself.
Finally, the balance between professionalism and having fun is addressed.
Throughout the production of “Bride Wars,” Kate and Anne admit that they learned about one another, as well as from one another. “Annie’s absolutely fearless,” Hudson says. “One of things she’s very open and honest about is her life. Annie’s a tough cookie. I learned professionalism from her, and I learned that Annie just shows up.”
Hathaway praised Hudson’s ability to balance professionalism with having fun on the set, and that ability in Kate helped Anne to learn how to balance professionalism and having fun.
The excitement expressed by the women, especially Hudson, is sort of contagious when one thinks about the fact that this movie is a labor of love and patience for Kate Hudson the Producer. Hudson wants women to see this movie.
She wants women to relate to this movie, and to laugh and be entertained by this movie. So, ladies, perhaps you should treat yourselves on January 9th, the day “Bride Wars” is released. After all, this movie is for you.
Chris Monigle is a fourth-year student majoring in Literature. He can be reached at CM660983@wcupa.edu.