Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson Talk Song Sung Blue and Meeting Neil Diamond
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.1 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
On Monday afternoon, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson stopped by the Vogue offices for a live conversation about their new film, Song Sung Blue which comes out Christmas Day. The project, inspired by the real-life story of Mike and Claire Sardinia—a Wisconsin couple who form a Neil Diamond tribute band is based on the documentary of the same name, which director Craig Brewer first encountered at a festival and later adapted for the screen. “I realized that everyone is living an extraordinary life,” Jackman shared to Chloe and Vogue’s Deputy editory Taylor when reflecting on why he chose to take the role of Mike.
After earning a Golden Globe nomination for her role as Claire, Kate speaks candidly about rediscovering her voice, crediting Sia (who she worked with on the film Music) with inspiring her to sing more freely. She recalls being pushed onto the microphone at her 16th birthday by her mother, Goldie Hawn, to perform “That’s What Friends Are For,” with Quincy Jones in attendance. “He told me to get into the studio,” Hudson remembers.
Plus, Hugh and Kate discuss what it’s been like singing at bars across the world, what their tribute band would be (hint: Fleetwood Mac mentioned!), and answer a fun question from none other than Anna Wintour about whether or not they should adapt this film as a theater production.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Run Through is brought to by eBay. |
| 0:02.5 | I'm Arden Faining Andrews, Vogue's Beauty Editor at large. |
| 0:05.2 | Gifting is my love language. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm scrolling eBay all year long and building up a watch list. |
| 0:10.8 | This year I'm looking at a lot of vintage belts and designer scarves. |
| 0:14.7 | And now, rather than just putting things on the watch list, it's my time to actually check out. |
| 0:20.2 | It's about just like making my holiday gift shopping a little bit easier. It's my time to actually check out. It's about just like making my |
| 0:21.6 | holiday gift shopping a little bit easier. It's always an eBay holiday. |
| 0:28.6 | You! |
| 0:32.6 | Hi guys. Hello. |
| 0:34.6 | Hi everyone. This is the run-through. |
| 0:38.1 | I'm Chloe Mal, head of editorial content in Vogue, and co-host of this wonderful podcast. |
| 0:43.6 | And I'm Taylor Antrim, the deputy editor of Vogue, and we're so happy to have Hugh and Kate here. |
| 0:48.4 | Thanks for having us. |
| 0:49.6 | Welcome, guys. |
| 0:50.3 | And before we start, if everyone could please silence their phones, that would be wonderful. |
| 0:56.0 | Today we are live at One World Trade Center and we are so excited because we have |
| 1:00.9 | the, I was going to say the one the only, but it's the two the only. Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman. |
| 1:07.6 | And Taylor and I recently saw their new film Song Song Sung Blue, which will be in theaters on |
| 1:12.2 | Christmas Day. And I have to say, Taylor saw this for the first time over the summer. And I was like, well, you're older so I can see you liking a Neil Diamond movie, but we'll see. So rude. It's so rude. I'm not going to a great start. I know. I know. I thought the same reaction. and then he and I went to a 9 a.m. screening. I was sobbing. I was bopping my foot. We were very moved and very excited. There was a moment halfway through the movie where Chloe leaned over, she was like, oh my God, is it about to get sad? And I was like, it's definitely about to get sad. I didn't know that. But we are so excited to be here because we were both really your biggest fans |
| 1:46.3 | with that. No, it's true. I had the honor of seeing this movie in June long before I think anyone, |
| 1:51.8 | this is, this is thanks to Anna Hugh. Anna follows your career very closely. So I was like a Neil Diamond |
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