“Look, don’t get me wrong, I love a rom-com. I love when it’s all about the relationships,” Hudson, 45, says. “But to do a comedy set in such a high-stakes environment that’s about family dynamics — to me, [that] is just so much fun.”
Max Greenfield as Lev Levinson and Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon in ‘Running Point’.Kat Marcinowski/Netflix
Kat Marcinowski/Netflix
In fact, just how little emphasis is placed on the romantic relationship in her character Isla Gordon’s life was “one of the big things for me,” she says, elaborating on why she wanted to join the show. “It’s not just all about romance.”
Her character does have a loving fiancée, though, inMax Greenfield’s pediatrician Lev Levinson. As Kaling tells PEOPLE, “It is a romantic show. There’s romance in it, but it’s not anybody’s top priority, which is a fun change for me.”
After all, Kaling says, “I love romantic comedies. I love the romantic comedies [Hudson] has done.”
Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon in ‘Running Point’.Katrina Marcinowski/Netflix
Katrina Marcinowski/Netflix
Still, Kaling, 45, continues, “Her character — and a lot of the characters in this — it’s like, romance is not even in the top five things that they’re [most] worried about in their life, and I’m not really used to writing that. I’m used to writing characters who dream of having a boyfriend, getting married, that solving their problem.”
Scott MacArthur as Ness Gordon, Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon, Drew Carver as Sandy Gordon in ‘Running Point’.Katrina Marcinowski/Netflix
“I just had this innate feeling. I was like, ‘I bet I’m going to do this show,'” she recalls. “We met and we had a great first meeting, and I just felt like I was in such good hands.”
Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon in ‘Running Point’.Kat Marcinowski/Netflix
Along with Hudson,Running Pointstars Scott MacArthur,Drew TarverandJustin Therouxas her onscreen brothers andBrenda Songas her chief of staff-slash-best friend, and Isla’s complicated family dynamic is another big part of the story.
“It’s so fun. The sibling dynamic and playing inside of that was so great and the chemistry — all of the actors are so talented and so smart,” she says, praising her costars as “so quick-witted and [able to make] the show even better with their ability to come up with something on the fly.”
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Running Pointpremieres Thursday, Feb. 27 on Netflix.
source: people.com
