Craig Brewer<\/a> took a hands-off approach. Having known Hudson for 20 years, Brewer understood completely what this role meant for the actor, and respected it, especially in the more challenging parts of the film.<\/p>\n“I knew that I had Kate in a position and in a place in her life and in her artistry where she wanted to give me her all,” Brewer shares over Zoom.<\/p>\n
He continues, “I just wanted to be a net for her up on that tightrope. And so a lot of those scenes, I would come up and whisper to her and just give her encouragement. I wouldn’t give an adjustment. I would just say, ‘You’re doing right by her right now, Kate, so just proceed with some confidence and give me one more, if you wouldn’t mind.’ “<\/p>\n
Although they’d first met many years ago when Hudson’s first son was still a toddler, Brewer hadn’t seen her in awhile and was slightly taken aback when he watched her do an interview on CBS last year promoting her debut album, Glorious<\/i>.<\/p>\n
“She started to tear up because she was dealing with the fact that her her son was going off to college,” Brewer remembers. It caused him to pause and think, “Wait, that can’t be right. He’s going off to college? Time really went by in such a quick way.”<\/p>\n
Seeing Hudson discuss this new phase of motherhood lit a lightbulb over Brewer’s head as he had been, as luck would have it, searching for his Claire. “I am looking at Kate as older and, at the same time, much more relatable to the kind of stories that I want to tell right now,” he says.<\/p>\n
Brewer adds, “Song Sung Blue<\/i> [is] really a story about, ‘Well, am I over? Can I really go after the things that I really want in life?’ Whether it be love or a new family, or the dream of doing music and going out and playing in bars and venues.”<\/p>\n
Claire, Song Sung Blue<\/i> and Glorious<\/i> represent the beginning of a new season in Hudson’s career, proving that she can go after what she really wants in life, just as the Sardinas had.<\/p>\n
Even through a computer screen, it’s obvious how excited Hudson feels at the glowing reception towards Song Sung Blue<\/i>, which will be in theatres on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n
She recalls starring in Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon<\/i> four years ago as Bonnie Belle, a stripper who attempts to exploit the telepathic powers of a young woman she encounters. “I loved making it with Ana Lily Amirpour and I got to disappear into Bonnie, but nobody really saw that movie,” she says with a laugh.<\/p>\n
Perhaps because she saw her parents’ careers up-close as a young girl, she has a more clear-eyed, realistic perspective of how art and commerce need to co-exist, and so she doesn’t take for granted the early buzz around her performance in Song Sung Blue<\/i>.<\/p>\n
“This movie was able to hit almost every thing that I love to do. I get to sing, I get to be joyful, and then I get to sink into something that is incredibly challenging, and show different sides of myself as an actor. What a joy to be able to incorporate the things that I love the most all in one,” she says. “And for people to really be loving it \u2014 it just feels amazing.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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