“I hope all my ex will see this poster”: 24 years ago, this actress did not know that the poster of this cult film would make her famous

In 2001, the public discovered a young actress promising about twenty years in almost famous, a dramatic comedy signed Cameron Crowe, director of Jerry Maguire with Tom Cruise. This actress is Kate Hudson! She camps the character of Penny Lane in the film.

The story takes us in the 70s. William Miller, a fifteen -year -old teenager, lives only for rock music. What he wants most to the world is writing articles on this music that he loves so much.

He sends a test to Rolling Stone magazine in the hope of becoming a journalist. His talent did not go unnoticed: we are ready to send him to follow the Stillwater group on tour so that he will report on them. The dream becomes reality; Despite the objections of Elaine, his mother, William embarked on this crazy adventure.

However, it is not easy to gain the confidence of musicians, especially when you are a journalist. William quickly proves to the members of Stillwater that he is above all an unconditional admirer of their music. During their tour, he gradually abandons the passivity of his role as an observer to participate in the life of the group.

A star was born

William, embodied by Patrick Fugit, is surrounded by a high -flying cast: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Zooey Deschanel or Philip Seymour Hoffman. But she is a young 20 -year -old actress who will unleash passions, Kate Hudson.

She performs Penny Lane, a charismatic, free, free, and mysterious, very involved muse in the world of rock from the 70s. She follows the group Stillwater and weaves a complex relationship with guitarist Russell Hammond, while becoming a fascinating figure for the young journalist William Miller, the film protagonist.

The performance of Kate Hudson in Almost famous has earned her victory in the 2001 Golden Globes in the best actress in a supporting role. The same year she also gleaned an nodal nomination. This film, which is doing her title well, revealed the actress in the eyes of the whole world.

A legendary poster

24 years later, Kate Hudson returned to her experience in this feature film at the microphone of Varietynotably evoking his poster. We see it half lying on a bed, dressed in panties and a white tank top, in a lascivious pose next to an electric guitar.

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The actress revealed that she was not at all aware that this photo would be chosen for the poster of the film.

“The only thing I remember is to have thought: I hope all my ex-friends will see this poster, all those who have rejected me”, She said, with humor. “I was in Time Square, in New York, and she was displayed as big, it made me very weird, it was as if it was not me. All this experience about this film was fabulous”she added.

Now aged 46, Kate Hudson recently appeared in knives drawn 2 with Daniel Craig and the Comedy the impostor, alongside Michael Shannon. She is currently playing the La Menuse series, available on Netflix.