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Inheriting Duprees Through Marriage: Hudson knew exactly what she was getting into when she married Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes. ?I knew the first week,? recalled Hudson. ?I remember one of the first things I said to him was, ?Tell me everything that you think I'm not going to like about you.? And he went on for about an hour and a half. Then I still married him. So he was always really totally up front with all that.

As far as the vagabond musician friends that wander in and out of our house all the time, there's two in particular, they're twins believe it or not, who I've seen their genitals one too many times. It's very harmless. It's actually more just they're comfortable with themselves. But you know, I'm okay with it. I can deal.?

Did she have to disclose any annoying habits before Chris would marry her? ?No, but there is one that he has of me that it's actually pretty funny. It's I can sip on a coffee all day long. Like, I can have a coffee that's cold and I'll still take a sip of it and it just drives him nuts. Same with my dad. It drives Kurt nuts too because my mom actually does the same thing. They're both like, ?I don't know how you guys can sip on cold coffee all day, the same coffee.? I don't know. I like it.?

Kate Hudson on Her Own Duprees: Does she have a Dupree in her life? ?I've got some female Duprees ? and, like I said, with all the musician guys that I've been lucky to know... For me, my girlfriends, I've got I would say two Duprees.

One of them just sort of squatted in my house for over a year. I liked it because I could go into the guest room and be like, ?So anyway, and then she said, and then he said.? Chris was the one who was like, ?When is she getting out of our house?? Then I have another one who would probably be the Dupree who would light the house on fire with a stick of butter. And if you're out there baby, you know who you are.?

Hudson is totally different from character in You, Me and Dupree when it comes to tolerating Duprees. ?Oh, I love Duprees. I'm not like Molly at all. I'm totally available for weird, interesting, bizarre characters. I love it.?

Hudson?s even fine with musicians hanging around the house at all hours, in all conditions. Hudson laughed, ?It?s hysterical. Are you kidding? That actually happened when these guys were living with us in Paris. I'd literally go to work every morning like at 5:30 in the morning and I'd be stepping over them. And, you know, they were just passed out. I guess that's part of what I enjoy about life is that there are these people that you can just write stories about. I must say, and this sounds crazy, but you know for what I do or actors or anybody who works in the movie industry, I always think that understanding human behavior no matter what kind of human behavior, is the best lesson and the best acting class you could possibly have. I've always been very open with people's stuff.?

Comparing Her Onscreen Father to Her Real Dad: Hudson says Michael Douglas? character was much harder on his son-in-law than her actual dad, Kurt Russell, was on Chris Robinson. ?Pa was actually pretty good,? said Hudson. ?Someone asked me a similar question. Someone asked me if people found him intimidating, and I've never thought about the fact that my dad is actually like, you know, Snake Plissken. Oh my God, that must have been really difficult for certain guys to come in and go, ?Oh Kate, that's her dad. And he's going to kick my ass...?

I remember he was doing a press junket and he came back from the press junket right after I married Chris. He said that he got asked a lot about if he was nervous or worried that I got married too young. Pa said it was so funny because he said, ?I'm never worried about Kate. I'm worried about the guy who marries Kate,? which I love because that shows that he's got confidence in his daughter. He's always been pretty good. My parents let us make our mistakes.?

As for working with Michael Douglas, Hudson said he?s the first person she?s worked with who knew her since she was a baby. ?It was the first time I had worked with a friend of my parents that I've known. You know, I'm friends with Cameron, his son, so I think it was sort of one of those experiences maybe for both of us where it was kind of just one of those wow things. ?How great is this?? For me, just the opportunity to work with someone like Michael anyway is always a joy, and just the fact that he was playing my dad. For us it just had a little bit more meaning than what would normally happen in that circumstance.?

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