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Kate Hudson with Liv Tyler, in Dr. T & the Women
by Amy Longsdorf
Playboy.com: Does everybody tell you that you look just like your mom?
Kate Hudson: Yeah, and it's really weird. We freak ourselves out sometimes. My mom will call me up and say, "I just did something and I looked just like you at that moment." And then I'll do the same thing. I just cut my bangs for a Rolling Stone shoot so I'd sort of look like Marianne Faithfull, but I really look just like my mom. I definitely came from that womb.
PB: Your father is Bill Hudson, but you were raised by Kurt Russell. Is that right?
KH: Yeah, I consider Kurt my pa. He's always been there for me. I've never spent much time with my real father, so I feel fortunate to have Kurt in my life. I grew up in a family that was so close. I mean we are so close to the point that every boyfriend I've ever had is jealous of my family. A lot of people don't understand that closeness, but it's always been so grounding.
PB: Is there any downside to having famous parents?
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photo: Zade Rosenthal/© 2000 Artisan Entertainment
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THE BASICS
WHO IS SHE?:
The 21-year-old actress-daughter of Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson is the heart and soul of Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe's mash note to Seventies rock 'n' roll. As a kid, she was so into movies, she'd cut up sweatshirts to mimic Jennifer Beals in Flashdance or prance around in an Annie wig singing Tomorrow. Sometimes, she'd operate the clapper on her mother's films. Her best friend is her mom. Her second best friend is fiancé Chris Robinson, the lead singer of the Black Crowes.
WHAT HAS SHE DONE?:
Her initial claim to fame was ensnaring Neve Campbell's ex-boyfriend on Party of Five. After that, she turned out a series of disposable teen flicks such as Desert Blue, 200 Cigarettes and Gossip. Nothing she's done in the past, though, is preparation for her turn as winsome young groupie Penny Lane in Almost Famous. She steals every scene she's in. Still to come are a pair of provocative films: Robert Altman's Dr. T & the Women, in which she plays a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader who strands her husband-to-be at the altar in order to run off with her female lover (Liv Tyler), and About Adam, a comedy that serves up the story of a waitress (Hudson) who makes the mistake of falling for a handsome customer (Stuart Townsend). Before the end of the film, he's seduced her, her two sisters, her brother and her brother's girlfriend.
WHY DO WE CARE?:
The kissable Kate is a lithe beauty with a trim dancer's body who is blessed with a giggle as endearing as her famous mom's. She can turn the world on with a smile. Just ask Jerry Maguire writer-director Cameron Crowe. "The real Penny Lane was the kind of girl who could light up a room just by walking into it. Kate does that very thing so effortlessly. She's going to be a huge star someday."
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