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NINE (2009)

Kate plays Stephanie

In this film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical 8 1/2, famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.

Directed by: Rob Marshall
Written by: Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin
Co-stars: Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Daniel Day Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Judi Dench
Genre: Musical, Drama
Filming: Scheduled to begin shooting in the UK on October 10th
Budget: $m
Box Office: US - $; UK - £. Grossed $ in it's opening weekend in the USA showing on Screens
Runtime: mins / hr mins

• US - December 11th 2009


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"Nine was so much more rewarding to me personally than other things I've done — it was really emotional for me to do the number I do in the film ['Cinema Italiano'] — because I realized I haven't been utilizing some things that I love to do."

"Well I had a really great perspective because I was up top (of the stage) shooting it and I got to look down and get an objective point of view of what was happening. It was so cool. It was like an Australian goddess coming out over here and then you have the French angel sort of walking down the stairs and then you had Penelope who's (got) the Spanish cute, quirky, feisty thing and then Dame Judi Dench and the iconic Sophia Loren and then it was me and I'm like, "Uh, I'm in this movie?"

"Watching the movie for me was so great too because I hadn't seen a lot of it because we didn't work together. So to see everybody and what they represented and their own sensuality and their costumes and the world that was created around each character was so well done to me."

“Ryder came to the set when I was doing my number and I remember him feeling (shocked). He actually grabbed my face at one point when I took him up onstage when I was wearing all the (clothes) - to him, it must have looked like, ‘What is my mother doing? This is so embarrassing.’ He looked at my face and went, ‘Mum, everybody’s staring at you.’ Well, honey, that's the way it goes - I'm wearing a sparkly nothing! I kinda understand what he was getting at. One time my mum came out wearing this little red dress. And I had that feeling like, ‘Everyone’s gonna be looking at you!’”


"We are thrilled that Kate Hudson is joining this group of some of the most talented and creative actors in film and it will be an incredible experience for audiences to watch this cast work under the brilliant direction of Rob Marshall." - Harvey Weinstein (producer)
"It's wonderful having Kate join this extraordinary cast! Her revelatory skills as a singer and a dancer lead to the creation of the role of 'Stephanie,' a fashion reporter from Vogue working in Italy. An exciting new song, written by our composer Maury Yeston, has been added for her as well." - Rob Marshall








{1} Kate will sing and dance in this movie
{2} The song "Cinema Italiano" has been written especially for Kate's character
{3} Kate is actually trained in dance
{4} Kate auditioned for this role. She says that Rob Marshall couldn't find a place to fit her into the movie originally, so an extra role was created for her.
{5} She reportedly beat out Sienna Miller and Anne Hathaway for the role.
{6} Kate shared a make-up trailer with Dame Judi Dench and Fergie.
{7} Kate and her female co-stars spent a lot of time together, enjoying food and wine together, among other things. Kate and Fergie have both said that Kate was often the ringleader in setting up things for them to do together.
{8} While Kate's shiny little mesh costume - a "sparkly nothing" as she says" - looks light and cute, it was actually heavy as it was made from Swarovski crystals.



... well it hasn't been released yet so we can't give a full opinion, but the cast is pretty enticing!!


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DVD - US (Region 1) | UK (Region 2)


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