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Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson visit WIRED to answer their most searched for questions on Google.Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson star in SONG SUNG BLUE, featuring the iconic songs of Neil Diamond. Only in theaters December 25, 2025. https://www.focusfeatures.com/song-sung-blueDirector: Justin WolfsonEditor: Alex MechanikTalent: Hugh Jackman; Kate HudsonLine Producer: Jamie RasmussenAssociate Producer: Brandon White; Paul GulyasProduction Manager: Jonathan RinkermanTalent Booker: Meredith Judkins LeePost Production Supervisor: Christian OlguinPost Production Coordinator: Stella ShortinoSupervising Editor: Eduardo AraujoAssistant Editor: Justin SymondsSpecial Thanks: Maximum Effort
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00:00Hi, I'm Hugh Jackman.
00:01And I'm Kate Hudson.
00:02And this is The Wired...
00:03Autocomplete...
00:04...interview.
00:07Perfect.
00:08Oh, jeez.
00:09Jeez.
00:10All right!
00:13Ready?
00:14Yep.
00:14Is Hugh Jackman...
00:20Playing Neil Diamond.
00:21Playing Neil Diamond.
00:22No, I am not playing Neil Diamond.
00:23I'm playing Mike.
00:24And some people have asked me that
00:26because the movie's called Song Sung Blue
00:28and on the poster, I look a little like Neil Diamond,
00:31but I'm actually playing a guy called Mike Sardina
00:33based on a documentary about Mike and Claire,
00:36AKA Lightning and Thunder.
00:38And they formed a Neil Diamond tribute band.
00:41So Neil was very important to Mike in his story.
00:45And so when they came together,
00:46Claire, the character Kay plays,
00:48was a Patsy Cline impersonator.
00:50And the two of them came together
00:51and they became the bomb in Milwaukee in the mid nineties.
00:55And it's really their story.
00:57So, no, but you get a half point if you guessed.
01:00No, don't.
01:01Okay.
01:02How Hugh...
01:03I'm like...
01:05How Hugh Jackman...
01:07How Hugh Jackman?
01:08Got in shape for Wolverine.
01:10Ooh!
01:11Oh, I know.
01:12I mean, we talked about it a little bit.
01:14It's intense.
01:16You know, I've now got it down.
01:17I've been doing it for 25 years.
01:20The first film, I was not in shape.
01:24And if you look at that film, when I first get off that,
01:29I'm on like a table and I get up and I'm in the mansion
01:33and I've got no shirt.
01:34If you notice, I'm shocked very much where all you can see
01:38is my shoulder.
01:40Because I was not in the greatest shape when I got cast.
01:42And the scene that is the opening scene in the bar,
01:45they moved that to the back end.
01:47So in those four or five months,
01:48I've never worked out so hard in my life.
01:51I didn't have a trainer.
01:53I just went down to the gym and I saw this guy training
01:56and I just asked him.
01:57And he was just a bodybuilder, basically,
01:58and I just paid him.
01:59And I got a bunch of injuries from it.
02:02Oh, no!
02:03And yeah, so I've learned a lot since then.
02:05I now know it takes six months.
02:07It takes six months?
02:08And you eat like very specific...
02:10Like 6,000 calories a day.
02:12But the adage is true.
02:13Bodybuilders will say it's 70% diet, 30% training.
02:17And that's true.
02:18I think for women, it's more like 90% diet, 10%.
02:22Okay, ready?
02:22Here we go.
02:23Does Hugh Jackman...
02:24He does, regularly.
02:27Like bread.
02:28I love bread.
02:29Oh my God, I actually bake bread.
02:31I can bake sourdough.
02:32That's what got me through COVID, a lot of sourdough.
02:36You love bread?
02:37Yeah, but there was a period there in the Wolverine years
02:40where I couldn't have any carbs.
02:43It's so funny.
02:44Now I've realized, for my body type, carbs are good.
02:47You need them.
02:48I need them.
02:49And I used to be so low in energy all the time playing Wolverine.
02:53And it's because I was having no carbs.
02:54I can't imagine you low energy.
02:56Well, my version.
02:57But your version.
02:59I wish I had a question like that.
03:01What a funny thing to Google.
03:03Okay, does Hugh Jackman ride motorcycles?
03:07I can ride motorcycles.
03:09But do you ride motorcycles?
03:10No, I don't do it much anymore.
03:12I have like a scooter, which I like to get around town.
03:15And I have not been on it probably for four or five years.
03:18Oh, really?
03:19And I would absolutely go on a long motorbike ride.
03:22But I'm actually really good at math.
03:24And I understand the math of motorcycles.
03:26I know.
03:27That's a bummer.
03:28And I add 57 to the math of motorcycles.
03:32I'm like, I have a rule.
03:35Like, we're all going to die.
03:37But I just don't want people angry.
03:38Right.
03:39That's not how you want to go down.
03:40I don't want my kids being angry.
03:41I like them to be sad.
03:43And not like, are you kidding me?
03:45He had to get on the Harley with his mates.
03:47Yeah.
03:48No.
03:48That's how he went.
03:50He had to be cruel.
03:51I hear you.
03:51I have that with dirt bike.
03:52Like, I grew up Colorado dirt bike.
03:54Oh, right.
03:55But you don't with horses.
03:56You ride, still ride.
03:57Oh, I still ride.
03:58Yeah.
03:59Yeah.
03:59I love getting on.
04:00I think the math of horses is not great.
04:00That's just as bad.
04:01I know.
04:02I know.
04:02I'm so funny.
04:03I was just thinking about it.
04:05I hated thinking about it.
04:06Yeah.
04:07The problem is when it's in your head.
04:08Sorry.
04:09No, no.
04:09Well, it depends on how you ride.
04:10It depends on if you're riding, like jumping and all that, and if you're cutting and you're
04:14doing crazy stuff.
04:15I just trail ride now.
04:16Cutting is the best.
04:17Cutting is fun.
04:18Oh, yeah.
04:19Will Cade Hudson do a new album?
04:21Yes.
04:22Yes.
04:23I'm definitely going to do a new album.
04:24Absolutely.
04:25I won't stop now.
04:26Do you know when?
04:27I love writing right now.
04:28Are you writing now?
04:29Which is the best?
04:30The writing or recording?
04:31I love both, but writing, I love to write.
04:33I love getting weird in writing, and like I can't wait to just have a week to like do
04:37nothing but write.
04:38It's my favorite thing to do.
04:39Does Cade Hudson sing in Song Song Blue?
04:42I do.
04:43Everything.
04:44We sing together.
04:45Yep.
04:46And it's super fun.
04:47And we recorded live, and we also recorded in the studio.
04:49So it's like a mix.
04:50And singing with him is like a drink.
04:52One more.
04:53Two more.
04:54Cade Hudson.
04:55Cade Hudson.
04:56Oh, hey.
04:57Cade Hudson and Hugh Jackman.
04:58What up?
04:59It's not a question.
05:00It's not a question.
05:01I like that one.
05:03Yeah.
05:04That means they just want to see pics.
05:05We're the best.
05:06She's the best.
05:07Okay.
05:08And Cade Hudson.
05:10Guilty pleasure.
05:11Ooh.
05:12Oh, that's a good one.
05:13What's a Cade Hudson's guilty pleasure?
05:14Like in what way?
05:15My guilty pleasures are 80s hairband music and french fries.
05:22Oh, yeah.
05:23I love french fries.
05:25I love to drink, but I'm like, you know, good about it.
05:31That's probably it.
05:32Okay.
05:33Yeah.
05:34Right.
05:35That's good.
05:36I want to say all these things that are inappropriate.
05:38I know.
05:39We could go there too, but we won't.
05:40Okay.
05:41Can Hugh Jackman.
05:43Ooh.
05:44By plane.
05:45No.
05:46No.
05:47I'm not one of those actors.
05:48My dad is.
05:49Kurt's a pilot.
05:50Yeah.
05:51Grew up riding in his biplane doing all kinds of tricks.
05:53Really?
05:54Oh, yeah.
05:55Can Hugh Jackman play an instrument?
05:57Yeah.
05:58I can play a little bit of piano.
05:59There you go.
06:00And you're playing the guitar now.
06:01And now guitar.
06:02I learned guitar for this movie.
06:03Yeah.
06:04On the movie.
06:05Which so I have, yes, guitars in my house and a little bit of violin.
06:07There you go.
06:08Can Hugh Jackman ride a horse?
06:11I can.
06:12Do you love it?
06:13I learned for Australia.
06:14We rode every day for a year.
06:15Did you love it?
06:16Love.
06:17Isn't it the best?
06:18But I was scared at first.
06:19And it took me, I would say it took me six months to get over the fear.
06:21Yeah.
06:22It's just a, yeah.
06:23Look, horses are, look, they're, they're tense.
06:26You know, you have to like get in the rhythm of whatever horse you're riding.
06:29And they all have different personalities.
06:31And they can tell.
06:32When you're scared.
06:33If you're scared.
06:34I know.
06:35It's like someone saying, just don't be scared of getting up there.
06:37I'm like, ah.
06:38I know.
06:39I'm nervous in the Oscars.
06:40Just don't be nervous.
06:41I'm like, ah.
06:42Oh, that's right.
06:43What's Kate Hudson's?
06:44Oh, God.
06:46New movie.
06:47Oh.
06:48Oh, it's very Googled.
06:50We're getting straight to the point.
06:51Yes.
06:52Our new movie is Song Song Blue.
06:53That's right.
06:54Written and directed.
06:55I thought maybe you had another movie for a second.
06:56I was going to find out.
06:57What movie?
06:58Written and directed by Craig Brewer.
06:59Yeah.
07:00About a couple who were in a Neil Diamond band.
07:03And sort of impersonating really interpretation of Neil Diamond band.
07:07Mid-90s in Milwaukee.
07:09And it follows their life and their love and their family and all the things that happened
07:14to them throughout their time together.
07:17And it's a beautiful movie.
07:18It is.
07:19And it's true.
07:20And I'm saying that because you're going to watch a movie and go, really?
07:23Was that true?
07:24Yes is the answer.
07:25All right.
07:26What song did Kate Hudson sing in something?
07:33Oh, wrote for her mom.
07:34What song did Kate Hudson, I guess it's write for her mom?
07:37It's called Right On Time.
07:39And I wrote a song for my mom.
07:41I was writing my album and I sat down at the piano.
07:44Linda Peary was taking a call and she's like, yeah, keep working on whatever you're working on there
07:49and I'll come back.
07:50And then by the time she came back, I had written a song and it just felt like my mom, the music.
07:55And I started hearing a couple of words and then it just sort of came out and I wrote this song about her.
07:59It's really about following your path without even knowing that it's to stardom or to where it's like where you're supposed to be going.
08:08She was just on this path whether she liked it or not.
08:11Huh.
08:12And that's what, yeah.
08:13Right on time, is it?
08:14Right on time.
08:15Right on time.
08:16It's a homage to my mom.
08:17Right on time.
08:18Okay.
08:19What is Kate Hudson's favorite movie?
08:23Oh.
08:24What's Kate Hudson's favorite movie?
08:26That's such a hard, that's like asking what your favorite song is.
08:30Yeah.
08:31But like I have different ones.
08:33So if someone was going to be like, what was the movie that you remember so much as a child?
08:37And it was Top Gun because it was the first time I just fell in love with boys.
08:41I was like, oh my God, they're all hot.
08:43I was like, who's Iceman?
08:44Who's Hollywood?
08:45Who's?
08:46Perfect.
08:47I mean, I just loved them all.
08:48It was problematic.
08:49It's perfect.
08:50It was, you know, troublesome for the family, but it all worked out.
08:54It all worked out fine.
08:55The other one I would say, like one of my favorite movies as a little girl was Bye Bye Birdie.
09:00And Ann-Margaret was always like, yeah, always wanted to be Ann-Margaret vibes.
09:06And then I would say Eternal Sunshine is one of my favorites.
09:11And Three Amigos.
09:14Three Amigos.
09:15That's such a great mix.
09:17I could keep going.
09:19Natural Born Killers.
09:20I was just thinking about that.
09:21It's like the quintessential 90s movie.
09:23Totally.
09:24And it was like right when I was at the point where I could watch things like that and it was so badass.
09:28Yeah.
09:29And I, it like, I was like, oh, that?
09:32I want to make movies.
09:33Not just like be in them or perform.
09:35Like that makes me want to make movies.
09:37What is Cade Hudson's?
09:39Oh, God.
09:40Favorite song?
09:41Oh, no.
09:42Jesus.
09:43What's her favorite song?
09:45Careful, what do you wish for?
09:47It's so hard because there's so many songs.
09:50What do we go holiday song?
09:51Because is this the holidays?
09:53Why don't we start with that?
09:55I love that.
09:56My favorite holiday song.
09:57Well, I just recorded one.
09:59That's the band.
10:00Oh.
10:01Yeah.
10:02Christmas Must Be Tonight.
10:03Christmas Must Be Tonight.
10:04Robbie Robertson's family asked me to rerecord it, which was really like a huge honor for me.
10:10That's awesome.
10:11And we recorded it and it's out.
10:14And yeah, that was-
10:15Did you see what you did there?
10:16That was great.
10:17Did you see what you did there?
10:18That was awesome.
10:19But it's really cool because I'm such a huge fan of the band.
10:22And it's a very, very much like very, very the band.
10:26But I would say Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
10:29Ah, yeah.
10:30Might be my favorite.
10:31But my favorite song of all time is Impossible Too.
10:35I'm a big Radiohead fan.
10:37I feel like I always, no matter what, like I can go through time and I hear a lot of music
10:43and then I always find myself back listening and getting kind of lost in Radiohead.
10:48And they're actually performing right now and I'm so excited because I've never seen them live.
10:51So I would say that if that would probably, if I had to pick one, it would be that.
10:54Good answer.
10:55Toss it.
10:56Do you want to keep that?
10:58Okay, that's all the boards.
10:59That's all the boards.
11:00Thanks for having us.
11:01Thanks for having us on Wired, auto-complete interview.
11:04Yes.
11:05It only took me 20 minutes to learn that.
11:07Oh my God.
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