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In a few days,

Music

, singer Sia's first achievement with Kate Hudson, will be in the Golden Globes.

But despite two nominations, one for Best Musical and the other for Best Actress for Kate Hudson's performance, the film's career began with controversy.

Indeed, the choice of Maddie Ziegler, longtime collaborator of Sia, to play the main character of the film, who happens to be a teenage girl with non-verbal autism, does not pass in the eyes of many associations for which it would have been more judicious. to cast an actress on the autism spectrum.

So a petition calling for the withdrawal of

Music

from the prestigious competition was launched on Change.org, collecting more than 100,000 signatures.

In an effort to save the film's promotion, Kate Hudson took advantage of a stint on

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

to respond to these criticisms.

“I think when people see the film, they will see the amount of love and sensitivity that went into it.

But it's an important conversation to have, not just about this film, but about our performances in general, ”said the actress who plays the character of Zu, a drug addict in remission who takes care of her sister. autistic.

A healthy debate

“When I hear that there is someone who feels excluded, I feel very bad.

It is a permanent and important dialogue to have, on the neurotypical actors who embody neurodivergent characters, ”continued Kate Hudson, the term neurotypical having been coined by people with autism, calling themselves neurodivergent, to describe people. who are not.

Finally, while calling for debate, Kate Hudson underlined that it was necessary to leave the last word to the legitimate experts and, as such, it is true that

Music

has the merit of provoking the discussion as

Hors Normes

had done

 in France. in 2019. Anyway,

Music

remains in competition for the Golden Globes and it will be necessary to wait for its release on VOD on March 29 to judge on piece.

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