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* NamesTheSame: She shares a name with a British political activist. Music/KatyPerry also has Hudson as her last name, and uses Perry to avoid confusion. Perry is also a natural blonde and dyes her hair black for this reason too.
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* IAmNotLeonardNimoy: Kate Hudson is always a beautiful and powerful, yet slightly {{Adorkable}} blonde LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces. Most of her roles will evoke [[Film/AlmostFamous Penny Lane]] in some way.

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* IAmNotLeonardNimoy: Kate Hudson is always a beautiful and powerful, yet slightly {{Adorkable}} dorky blonde LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces. Most of her roles will evoke [[Film/AlmostFamous Penny Lane]] in some way.
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** In the horror movie ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'', as a hospice nurse. A lot of viewers express [[HeReallyCanAct pleasant surprise]] at her performance in it.

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** In the horror movie ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'', as a hospice nurse. A lot of viewers express [[HeReallyCanAct [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct pleasant surprise]] at her performance in it.
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* CelebrityResemblance: A lot has been noted about her resemblance to Elisabeth Rohm - of ''{{Series/Angel}}'' and ''Series/LawAndOrder'' fame - though Rohm has since dyed her hair brown to make this less pronounced. Kate also claims that she was once approached by a fan who thought she was Creator/GwynethPaltrow.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: For the scene in ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyInTenDays'' where Andie surprises Ben with a new dog, Kate improvised plastering Matthew [=McConaughey=] with kisses. That's his genuine reaction. She and the director also didn't tell the other actors that she was going to toss the platter of vegetables at the poker table.

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* EnforcedMethodActing: For the scene in ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyInTenDays'' ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyIn10Days'' where Andie surprises Ben with a new dog, Kate improvised plastering Matthew [=McConaughey=] with kisses. That's his genuine reaction. She and the director also didn't tell the other actors that she was going to toss the platter of vegetables at the poker table.



* TheOtherMarty: Sarah Polley was the original Penny Lane, but she backed out before filming and Kate replaced her.

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* TheOtherMarty: Sarah Polley was the original originally cast as Penny Lane, Lane in ''Almost Famous'', but she backed out before filming and Kate replaced her.



** In the horror movie ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'', as a hospice nurse. A lot of viewers express [[SheReallyCanAct pleasant surprise]] at her performance in it.

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** In the horror movie ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'', as a hospice nurse. A lot of viewers express [[SheReallyCanAct [[HeReallyCanAct pleasant surprise]] at her performance in it.



** She ad-libbed two lines in ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyInTenDays'' during the scene when Andie and Ben watch ''Film/SleeplessInSeattle''.

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** She ad-libbed two lines in ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyInTenDays'' ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyIn10Days'' during the scene when Andie and Ben watch ''Film/SleeplessInSeattle''.



** She's the original choice (and was offered the role) of Mary Jane Watson in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' but turned it down.

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** She's She was the original choice (and was offered the role) of Mary Jane Watson in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' but turned it down.
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* LeslieNielsenSyndrome: ''Film/AlmostFamous'' put her on the map as a {{Dramedy}}. Afterwards she became typecast in romantic comedies, barring ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'' (horror) and ''{{Theatre/Nine}}'' (musical). As of ''Film/DeepwaterHorizon'' she seems to be approaching drama again.

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* LeslieNielsenSyndrome: ''Film/AlmostFamous'' put her on the map as a {{Dramedy}}. Afterwards she became typecast in romantic comedies, barring ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'' (horror) and ''{{Theatre/Nine}}'' ''Theatre/NineMusical'' (musical). As of ''Film/DeepwaterHorizon'' she seems to be approaching drama again.
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* EnforcedMethodActing:
** For the scene in ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyInTenDays'' where Andie surprises Ben with a new dog, Kate improvised plastering Matthew [=McConaughey=] with kisses. That's his genuine reaction. She and the director also didn't tell the other actors that she was going to toss the platter of vegetables at the poker table.

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* EnforcedMethodActing:
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DyeingForYourArt: She shaved off her signature long blonde hair for the film ''Sisters''.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
For the scene in ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyInTenDays'' where Andie surprises Ben with a new dog, Kate improvised plastering Matthew [=McConaughey=] with kisses. That's his genuine reaction. She and the director also didn't tell the other actors that she was going to toss the platter of vegetables at the poker table.



* LeslieNielsenSyndrome: ''Film/AlmostFamous'' put her on the map as a {{Dramedy}}. Afterwards she became typecast in romantic comedies, barring ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'' (horror) and ''{{Theatre/Nine}}'' (musical).

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* LeslieNielsenSyndrome: ''Film/AlmostFamous'' put her on the map as a {{Dramedy}}. Afterwards she became typecast in romantic comedies, barring ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'' (horror) and ''{{Theatre/Nine}}'' (musical). As of ''Film/DeepwaterHorizon'' she seems to be approaching drama again.



** She and stepfather Kurt Russell work together on ''Film/DeepwaterHorizon''.

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** She and stepfather Kurt Russell work together on ''Film/DeepwaterHorizon''. This is the first time they ever starred in something together.

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* ActorAllusion:
** In ''Film/SomethingBorrowed'' Darcy's wedding is to happen at the same place as the wedding in ''Film/BrideWars''.
** In ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'' Caroline says she dropped out of college to help out [[Film/AlmostFamous with some friends' bands]].



* EnforcedMethodActing:
** For the scene in ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyInTenDays'' where Andie surprises Ben with a new dog, Kate improvised plastering Matthew [=McConaughey=] with kisses. That's his genuine reaction. She and the director also didn't tell the other actors that she was going to toss the platter of vegetables at the poker table.
* HideYourPregnancy: During ''Film/RaisingHelen''.



* LeslieNielsenSyndrome: ''Film/AlmostFamous'' put her on the map as a {{Dramedy}}. Afterwards she became typecast in romantic comedies, barring ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'' (horror) and ''{{Theatre/Nine}}'' (musical).



* PlayingAgainstType: In the horror movie ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'', as a hospice nurse. A lot of viewers express [[SheReallyCanAct pleasant surprise]] at her performance in it.

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* PlayingAgainstType: PlayingAgainstType:
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In the horror movie ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'', as a hospice nurse. A lot of viewers express [[SheReallyCanAct pleasant surprise]] at her performance in it.
** To a lesser extent in ''Film/SomethingBorrowed''. Darcy is far more bitchy than her usual characters.
* RealLifeRelative:
** She and stepfather Kurt Russell work together on ''Film/DeepwaterHorizon''.
** Her sister-in-law Erinn Bartlett plays one of the models in ''Film/RaisingHelen''.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Twice.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Twice.ThrowItIn:
** For a scene in ''Film/BrideWars'' she accidentally hit Anne Hathaway with the big diamond ring on her finger. They kept on with the scene and the take is used in the film.
** She ad-libbed two lines in ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyInTenDays'' during the scene when Andie and Ben watch ''Film/SleeplessInSeattle''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:



** She's the original choice (and was offered the role) of Mary Jane Watson in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' but turned it down.

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** She's the original choice (and was offered the role) of Mary Jane Watson in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' but turned it down.down.
** When Sarah Polley was set to play Penny Lane in ''Film/AlmostFamous'', Kate was cast as William's sister Anita. When she dropped out, Kate instead played Penny.
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* CelebrityResemblance: A lot has been noted about her resemblance to Elisabeth Rohm - of ''{{Series/Angel}}'' and ''Series/LawAndOrder'' fame - though Rohm has since dyed her hair brown to make this less pronounced. Kate also claims that she was once approached by a fan who thought she was Creator/GwynethPaltrow.
* HollywoodHypeMachine: During the early 2000s, she found herself headlining plenty of romantic comedies, alongside lots of bikini shoots and fashion endorsements. Ultimately it didn't hold up, and she gradually fell out of favour with critics and audiences. In the later 2000s, Katherine Heigl seemed to take her place as the go-to EveryoneLovesBlondes rom-com lead.
* IAmNotLeonardNimoy: Kate Hudson is always a beautiful and powerful, yet slightly {{Adorkable}} blonde LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces. Most of her roles will evoke [[Film/AlmostFamous Penny Lane]] in some way.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: She claims she's not a fan of RomanticComedy as a genre.
* NamesTheSame: She shares a name with a British political activist. Music/KatyPerry also has Hudson as her last name, and uses Perry to avoid confusion. Perry is also a natural blonde and dyes her hair black for this reason too.
* TheOtherMarty: Sarah Polley was the original Penny Lane, but she backed out before filming and Kate replaced her.
* PlayingAgainstType: In the horror movie ''Film/TheSkeletonKey'', as a hospice nurse. A lot of viewers express [[SheReallyCanAct pleasant surprise]] at her performance in it.
* RomanceOnTheSet: With Owen Wilson during ''Film/YouMeAndDupree''.
* StarMakingRole: She became famous [[{{Irony}} after]] ''Film/AlmostFamous''.
* ThoseTwoActors: With Creator/MatthewMcConaughey.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Twice.
** She turned down a role in ''Film/EscapeFromLA'' because it was headlined by [[Creator/KurtRussell her step-father]], stating that she wanted to see if she can make the auditions without any association with her very well-known step-dad (and family in general). She did.
** She's the original choice (and was offered the role) of Mary Jane Watson in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' but turned it down.

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