Kate Hudson Admits That “It’s Hard to Get Male Movie Stars to Make Rom-Coms”

Carly Thomas
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Kate Hudson knows what makes a successful rom-com, but there’s one piece to the puzzle that is a little more difficult to come by.

During an appearance on Thursday’s episode of The View, the actress admitted that she finds it “hard to get male movie stars to make rom-coms.”

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Hudson explained that having the right leading man is an important aspect of the movies. “As long as we can get more Marvel guys to like, you know, ‘Hey, come to a rom-com!,’ I think that that’s a big part of the formula, too,” she added.

The View‘s Sara Haines proceeded to ask Hudson why she thinks there’s a lack of appeal for male actors to take on romantic comedies.

“I think it’s about the writing, and how we’re investing in telling the story of the writing and the directors,” the actress responded. “If you look at the classic rom-coms or movies that last forever — ’cause they do, they’re the ones that last forever; people go back and back — they had the best writers,” adding that the late Nora Ephron was a great example.

“So it’s more about how the studios are investing in the talents,” she added.

Hudson has had her fair share of roles in hit rom-coms that are still popular today, including My Best Friend’s Girl, Bride Wars, Something Borrowed, Mother’s Day and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, in which she starred opposite Matthew McConaughey.

During her latest appearance on the daytime talk show, Hudson also shared why she thinks the latter film is still successful more than 20 years after it was released.

“Honestly, I think it was well-written,” she said. “I think there’s this sort of misconception that a rom-com is supposed to have a certain formula — which it does, there is a formula that works — but it does also start with the writing. We went through multiple writers on that. We really made sure we had a great foundation of a script. And then the cast.”

Hudson and McConaughey later co-starred again in the 2008 rom-com Fool’s Gold.


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