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Why Kate Hudson Once Turned Down a Role in a Kurt Russell Movie

Kate Hudson revealed she turned down a role in Kurt Russell's 'Escape from LA' at age 16 to avoid being defined by their relationship

Even at 16, Kate Hudson knew she didn’t want to be defined by her relationship to Kurt Russell — the actor and longtime partner of her mother, Goldie Hawn. Hudson, now 46, revealed in an appearance at the inaugural Newport Beach TV Fest on Thursday, June 5, that Russell, 74, offered her a role in his 1996 film Escape from L.A. — but she turned it down. Kate and Russell eventually shared the screen in the 2020 film Deepwater Horizon, and she told Good Morning America at the time that the experience brought her back to her childhood.

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