Is it weird that Naomi plays a pregnant woman in “Le Divorce” and Kate is actually pregnant now?
NAOMI WATTS: No. I would forget that I was pregnant in the movie. Sometimes people who had babies would remind me to do the careful lifting out of the chair. I've got this thing on me that is terribly authentic but it doesn't weigh anything. I'm still wearing high heels in the movie.
KATE HUDSON: I just started feeling heavy so I know I've got a ways to go.
Naomi, did the film bring out any maternal feelings? Do you want kids?
NAOMI WATTS: My maternal feelings are already there; it didn't change that. I've played mothers many times now. I know that I'd definitely like to have children.
Director James Ivory said it was hard to find an actress to play your role because it was weepy.
NAOMI WATTS: That seems so weird to me. That's the type of role I yearn for. I heard that also the people that he offered it to were worried about being pregnant for two-thirds of the movie or more. But it didn't bother me. Not at all.
KATE HUDSON: Isn't that what we do for a living? I mean, it's a good role.
What interested you about the character?
NAOMI WATTS: I'd just come off doing “The Ring” and it was a movie that was so plot driven, although it was a good female role. This movie was so little about the plot and so much about people and their lives and how they’re affecting each other. That's what I like about it. Obviously [there was] a great cast attached and two months in Paris. She was a wonderful character who was in complete turmoil and a little bit self-obsessed. Then after the attempted suicide, she quiets down a bit and becomes a much better version of herself.
What does the film have to say about relationships?
NAOMI WATTS: They're up and down. It's real.
KATE HUDSON: They're never what you expect [them] to be and nor should they be.
NAOMI WATTS: Unpredictable.
KATE HUDSON: Spontaneous.
NAOMI WATTS: They take work, communication.
KATE HUDSON: I kind of feel like it has a lot of things to say about love and relationships. At least for my character, as far as I'm concerned, in the book it was like that and in the film it's like that. She makes her decision [and] she's spontaneous about it. She knew what she was getting into before it started. She's young [and] she's got many affairs ahead of her. This is just the beginning of a long life lesson, you know.
Can you talk about playing sisters?
NAOMI WATTS: I think there was pretty much instant trust from the get-go. We both knew that in order for this story to work we needed to make it authentic. And it's not like, “Oh, we've got to make a friendship now because we've got to make this, and then we'll say goodbye.” It wasn't that. I think both of us really wanted to have a good time while we're shooting this movie and a friendship would help the movie, of course. We went out and spent time together.
