In acting, sometimes you have to kiss your coworkers. If you're lucky, they're good at it.
Actor Kate Hudson was asked about her various costars and to pick her favorite on-screen kiss.
Hudson was interviewed by Janelle Monáe for Vanity Fair about Hudson's role in Glass Onion and the subject of Hudson's costars and kissing came up.
You can watch the full interview—conducted while hooked up to a lie detector—here:
Kate Hudson and Janelle Monáe Take Lie Detector Tests | Vanity Fairyoutu.be
Monáe showed her pictures of Matthew McConoughey—costar of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days—and of Billy Crudup, who was opposite her in Almost Famous.
Hudson made, as many actors would, a theater analogy.
"I think Billy is a gentler kisser. Better? I wouldn’t say better."
"Definitely … definitely just gentler. It’s a more sophisticated version of a kiss."
"It’s like theater, Stanislavski (Crudup), and, like, Longhorns (McConaughey)."
However when pressed about other costars, Hudson revealed it's not any of her male costars she nominates for best kiss.
It's Liv Tyler—with whom she shared a kiss in Dr. T and the Women—who wins.
Hudson waxed poetic:
"[Liv] has the softest lips of them all...those lips, those Tyler lips."
She had less nice things to say about another former costar Dane Cook, who has been repeatedly criticized for his behavior.
People agreed with her assessments.
\u201c@TMZ @TooFab So, he kisses as well as he tells a joke, shocker.\u201d— TMZ (@TMZ) 1672446009
\u201c@TMZ @TooFab Dane Cook looks like he\u2019d be a really bad kisser. Like tongue all out, too much saliva guy\ud83d\ude2b\u201d— TMZ (@TMZ) 1672446009
But many were just very happy to see Hudson on screen again.
\u201cKate Hudson flawless in Glass Onion\u201d— sam greisman (@sam greisman) 1671856373
\u201ckate hudson has always been that girl\u201d— keaton bell (@keaton bell) 1671903322
Others commented on the interview.
\u201ckate hudson truthfully telling janelle monae during the lie detector test that liv tyler is the best kisser with the softest lips i love homosexuals\u201d— bug (@bug) 1672363367
\u201cKate hudson calling liv Tyler her gf and \u201cbaby girl\u201d all over IG and saying \u201cdate night\u201d while going to dinner with her miss ma\u2019am??? i know she\u2019s straight but if I squint and pretend i can convince myself they\u2019re actual gfs\u201d— bianca (@bianca) 1659273188
Someone wished for a new matchup possibility.
\u201cHear me out: Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson both come back for the next Benoit Blanc movie\u201d— The Netzley in Winter (@The Netzley in Winter) 1671995804
And one last person asked for what many others were thinking.
\u201cOk I wanna see Janelle Monae n Kate Hudson to kiss \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udc48\ud83c\udffb\u201d— technoknight (@technoknight) 1672373261
Maybe we'll get another update if that one happens.
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