Kate Hudson is joining the chain of actresses who aspire to portray Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks in a biopic.
The “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” star told Rolling Stone that playing Nicks onscreen is her dream role; Hudson recently made her own music debut with album “Glorious.”
“To me it’s also about the interesting life, and being able to tell that story correctly,” Hudson said. “The ultimate is Stevie [Nicks]. But my family might, like, disown me if I ever got a chance to play Stevie. ‘Cause they’d be like, ‘Can we not go method?’ I would probably go way too far into that character.”
Hudson added, “I think for all girls who love rock, Stevie’s just our number one. Her whole life experience and the music. Fleetwood Mac, that whole journey from before Stevie to after Stevie? And her relationship with Lindsey? It’s like a trilogy. There’s so much there. To me, that’s like the ultimate rock and roll story.”
Or Dusty Springfield.
“I think Dusty Springfield is a really interesting story. She’s one of my favorites and she was very shy,” Hudson said. “She had a lot of stage fright. Really fascinating woman. I think she struggled with being open about her sexuality. That could be a very powerful movie.”
Hudson reflected on her own brushes with music onscreen, from famously singing “You’re So Vain” in “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” to being almost cast in “Moulin Rouge!” And then there was her breakout in 2000’s “Almost Famous.”
“[‘Almost Famous’ writer/director] Cameron [Crowe] hired me because I love music,” Hudson said, “and I think the easiest thing to be able to see in that movie was how much. The spirit of [my character] Penny Lane descends on everything in my life.”
