KATE Is On The Ball

TAKING ON HER FIRST STREAMING SERIES, KATE HUDSON PLAYS A WOMAN DESPERATE TO PROVE HERSELF. SHE CAN RELATE.

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AS Isla Gordon, a flighty former party girl unexpectedly tapped to run her family's pro basketball team on Netflix's Running Point, Kate Hudson is continually underestimated by her peers, her family and even the players of the fictional L.A. Waves as she remakes the team into (spoiler alert) almost champs. Discussing the sexism that's often played for laughs on the comedy, the 45-year-old got serious in a recent interview with Glamour. As a woman, she told the mag, "when you assert yourself and you put your foot down or you have very strong boundaries... you sort of understand that you're risking being 'likeable.""