Kate Hudson has said that she “truly coveted” the part of Moulin Rouge! played by Nicole Kidman at the time.

Hudson, 43, revealed to cohosts Erin Foster and Sara Foster on Thursday’s episode of The World’s First Podcast that she tried out for Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 movie musical before Nicole Kidman, 55, was cast in the film’s lead role as Satine.

Hudson’s appearance on the podcast was part of the Glass Onion actress’s ongoing series.

She shared with the other women that she was cohosting with that “I really wanted that role and it was written at the time for a 19-year-old girl.”

She said, “Then what happened was that I was kind of in the auditioning process, and then Nicole had a connection with Baz and wanted to do it.  And so, of course, people were like, ‘Nicole Kidman is doing it.’ ”

“Working with Baz Luhrmann is such a treat because he is such a beautiful person, and in terms of my energy, I simply had the impression that I was extremely linked to the way he does things, “She thought back to the auditions she had to go through.

“As a result, I felt miserable. Because it’s Nicole, of course I completely understood it, it was Nicole.”

During her participation on the podcast, Kate Hudson, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the film Almost Famous, said that she makes an effort not to think about parts she has turned down in the past that she may have subsequently come to regret.

“You know how people sometimes say things like, “well, one choice might alter the direction of your life”? I never, ever want to even consider it in that light ”

For the 20th anniversary of Moulin Rouge! in 2021, Nicole Kidman wrote an Instagram post in which she reflected on some of the most memorable experiences she had while making the film.

She captioned the photographs with, “Some of my greatest memories from #MoulinRouge!” and then included one of her most famous lines from the movie. “The most important thing you will ever discover is how to love and how to let yourself be loved in return. ”

Moulin Rouge!, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, had its world debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001. The following year, at the 74th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Kidman.