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In the third episode of Running pointIn the newly released second season, Kate Hudson laments that she didn’t have many girlfriends while growing up.
“My mother taught me that all women were a threat,” she recalls out loud while looking back at college. The current president of the Los Angeles Waves basketball team explains that it wasn’t until college that she made her first friend, Ali, played by Brenda Song.
The duo was a key part of the first season, but as the comedy series — produced and created by Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen — expands into its second season, which is now airing, things have gotten a little rocky for Ali and Isla.
“We really meet Isla and Ali when they meet in college and then explore their friendship,” Hudson says. Hollywood Reporter. “Their origin story, as we like to call it,” Song chimes in.
Song Ali is forced to pay her boss and best friend – Tough combo – In order to increase. When Isla’s brother reveals that this is not happening and that Isla is not too worried about her friend at that moment, Ali chooses to get a job in Toronto.
The third episode’s cold open shows a montage of the duo’s friendship over the years, mostly in flashback, before a modern-day Isla reveals, in voiceover, her friend’s perceived infidelity.
“It’s always fun to do flashback stuff like this. It really complements your character because we can talk about it and imagine our backstory, but filming these scenes and seeing our younger selves was so much fun,” Song explains.
The actress debuted her character’s thick Chicago accent in a flashback, which she said Running pointThe show’s director, Stassen, helped her with that. “I literally had him send me a voice message about what kind of Chicago he wanted,” she says. THR.
The actresses can’t stop emphasizing how much fun they had filming the flashback scenes, which Stassen and the crew clearly did their research in order to make it as accurate to Hudson and Song as possible. “For the beer pong scene, I was wearing the outfit I had,” Hudson says. This memory sparked a laugh from Song, who seemed to remember immediately.
“I have a feeling that somewhere there’s probably a paparazzi picture of me in this exact outfit. I was wearing Ugg boots with my little Josie.” [Couture] “Terry cloth dress,” she recalls. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, I think this was me.’
In addition to the fun, Season 2 allowed the cast to explore the duo’s friendship further. “We’re digging a little deeper into our relationship. We have our own love story this season,” Hudson says.
the Song Song Blue The actress notes that the show has the opportunity to explore what it’s like to work with your best friend, especially when one party is the boss, and how “complicated” that power dynamic can be.
“In this world that Mindy and Ike and Dave have created, these are all incredibly flawed people, not morally upstanding. They’re really trying to figure out how to be good people,” Hudson continues. “It’s good for us to have that because as imperfect as Isla is, Ali is also pretty imperfect, which is why we’ve become such good friends.”
Song adds that exploring storylines like Ali and Isla’s history is the beauty of getting a second season. “The foundation is set, and you can do this kind of crazy stuff and explore these characters on a different level,” she says. “I feel like Isla and Ali appreciate each other a lot more after the season because you have to work through those kinks in the friendship to get back together.”
All episodes of Running Point Season 2 are currently streaming on Netflix.
