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t was actress and comedian
Amy Schumer who decided she
wanted Goldie Hawn to play
her mother in the edgy new
comedy Snatched. She was
convinced of it, even though Goldie
has not actually made a movie in
15 years. This fact is surprising
because Goldie has always been there,
somehow permeating the Hollywood
universe even if it was as the mother
of actress Kate Hudson. Also perhaps
because some of her classics – Private
Benjamin, Shampoo and The First
Wives Club – are always referencedand Netflix-ready. Yet, for this past
decade-and-a-half, Goldie has been
busy with her children’s foundation.
It’s not that there was ever a moment
she gave up acting. It wasn’t a
decision. It’s something that evolved.
“I thought, ‘You know what? It’s
time for me to let this baby turn into
a teenager and get back to work, and
have some fun,’” says Goldie. “So
that’s what I did.”
The pairing with Amy is perfect.
She is a new-generation pioneer of
“funny lady calling the shots”, which
is exactly what Goldie did in her day.I meet Goldie Hawn in a grandiose
hotel in Santa Monica – it’s by the
beach with classic Hollywood blue
sky and palm trees. It’s near the home
she has just had built for herself and
partner of 34 years, Kurt Russell. She
has only spent three nights there, but
radiates restfulness and peacefulness- she’s clearly happy that she’s in a
good place and finally feels settled.
And yet there is that air about her,
a need to be calm in order to counter
an anxiousness that has plagued her
all her life. That’s why she’s done a lot
of meditating and always has done.
Goldie Hawn with
(from left) grandsons
Wilder and Bodhi, and
granddaughter Rio
play in one of the five
bedrooms of her
recently sold Pacific
Palisades home.[^ Mother’s Day ]