Watch Kate Hudson and Brenda Song in ‘Running Point’ Season 2 Premiere
The premiere of Netflix’s Running Point Season 2 was held in Los Angeles, with Kate Hudson, Brenda Song, Mindy Kaling and more in attendance.
One of Hollywood’s A-listers failed to score, along with Kate Hudson and Mindy Kaling.
In an interview for the new season of Netflix’s Running Points, the pair recalled standing in line at the magazine’s famous portrait studio at Vanity Fair’s Oscar party.
“A-list male celebrities lined up to have their portraits taken,” says Kaling, who co-created the series. “He did a great job for us.”
Hudson, a 47-year-old star, added: “I don’t see him as A-list anymore.”
Kaling, 46, agrees. “I didn’t know Kate very well. I’d met her at places like Reese Witherspoon’s Christmas party,” the Emmy-nominated writer and producer added, before acknowledging that her big name was gone. “We never really talked much, but I remember thinking, ‘I’m so frustrated,’ and I just looked at her and thought, ‘I’ll go and talk to her about it.'”
Hudson declared the behavior “uncool,” but Kaling knew, “Okay, I like her.”
“The best part of that moment was that he realized he was cutting in front of two women who were waiting there, and he knew it was the wrong thing to do, but he did it anyway,” Hudson said. “So we thought, ‘Wow.’ … And we bonded over it.”
“And that little thing inspired the series ‘Running Point,'” Kaling jokes. “And we’re here to talk about the second season.”
Yes, Netflix has 10 new episodes coming out on April 23rd. A recap of the final episode in February 2025. Ira (Hudson), the president of the Los Angeles Waves basketball team, breaks up with her fiancé, Lev (Max Greenfield), who is perfect on paper. She also kisses Jay (Jay Ellis), the team’s former coach and her crush, who is heading to Boston to be closer to her children.
Ira’s ball acumen led the team to the playoffs. However, the loss in Game 7 made Ira even more hungry for a championship in Season 2. Ira also has to deal with the return of his brother Cam (Justin Theroux), the former team president, and find a new coach.
Edits for the next season coincided with the Oscar nominations announced in January. Hudson earned his second nomination for his role in Son Saint Bleu, which was inspired by the real-life Neil Diamond tribute band.
“I don’t think a lot of people know that she had to come edit this show the morning she was nominated for an Oscar, because she’s an executive producer,” Kaling says.
“Dave Stassen, our showrunner, said, ‘Obviously, she’s not going to come this morning, she shouldn’t be coming. She should be drinking Bellinis and[talking]to the press and all the rest.’ And she showed up at like 8:30 in the morning and edited it.
“She’s a real producer, a real storyteller, and we feel really lucky to have her.”
