{"id":45568,"date":"2026-04-09T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45568"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:52:00","slug":"kurt-russell-says-the-madison-love-story-hit-me-really-hard-because-of-his-romance-with-goldie-hawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45568","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Russell says &#8216;The Madison&#8217; love story &#8216;hit me really hard&#8217; because of his romance with Goldie Hawn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe Madison\u201d star Kurt Russell is opening up about how he <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/20\/entertainment\/why-taylor-sheridans-the-madison-isnt-a-yellowstone-spinoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resonated with Taylor Sheridan\u2019s scripts for the show<\/a> on a personal level as he drew parallels to his real-life love with Goldie Hawn.<\/p>\n<p>In the new Paramount+ series, the 75-year-old actor plays Preston Clyburn, whose tragic death in the first episode serves as the emotional catalyst of the series as his family struggles to cope with his sudden loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In particular, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/13\/entertainment\/taylor-sheridans-the-madison-is-a-michelle-pfeiffer-showcase-that-demonizes-nyc-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preston\u2019s death leaves his longtime wife Stacy Clyburn (Michelle Pfeiffer) grappling with grief<\/a> and the realization that she hadn\u2019t fully grasped the depth of their connection while he was alive.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with\u00a0The National, Russell, who has been in a\u00a0committed relationship\u00a0with Hawn, 80, for over 40 years, admitted that he became emotional while reading about his character\u2019s love story with Stacy as he felt it mirrored his own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a hard time getting through the scripts,\u201d Russell said. \u201cThey just kept hitting me really hard, and I felt that that was a big part of this show\u2019s potential, ability to grab an audience. Its writing was so authentic.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell attend the St. Regis World Snow Polo Championships 2025 at Rio Grande Park on Dec. 18, 2025 in Aspen, Colorado. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for St. Regis<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He continued, \u201cIt was so powerful for it to have a serious, true love relationship with someone, and then for one of those people to go, and for the other to realize they didn\u2019t know how good it was \u2013 that they didn\u2019t know there was so much more to it, and they\u2019re not going to let that go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russell and Hawn first met in 1966 when they co-starred in the comedy musical western, \u201cThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Hawn was 21 and Russell was 16. \u00a0In 2012, the \u201cDeath Becomes Her\u201d star told BBC Radio 4 that she thought Russell was \u201cadorable, but much too young.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the pair\u2019s relationship eventually turned romantic when they co-starred in the 1983 film \u201cSwing Shift,\u201d which saw their sparkling chemistry on full display. They memorably teamed up a few years later in the beloved 1987 romantic comedy \u201cOverboard.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Michelle Pfeiffer as Stacy Clyburn and Kurt Russell as Preston Clyburn in the Paramount+ series \u201cThe Madison.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Chris Saunders\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1986, the couple welcomed son Wyatt, 39. Russell also helped raise Hawn\u2019s daughter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kate-hudson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kate, 46,\u00a0<\/a>and son Oliver, 49, from her previous marriage to singer Bill Hudson, 76. The \u201cEscape From New York\u201d star also shares son Boston, 45, with his ex-wife, actress Season Hubley, 74.<\/p>\n<p>Russell previously noted the similarities between his character\u2019s marriage and his own relationship while speaking with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/entertainment\/a70698862\/the-madison-kurt-russell-preston-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Men\u2019s Health<\/a>\u00a0last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the conversations that [Preston and Stacy] have, I\u2019ve had,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cGoldie and I have had very similar conversations. Their relationship, it\u2019s the kind of relationship you almost never see anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a truly loving relationship,\u201d Russell continued. \u201cIt\u2019s not like there\u2019s another shoe to drop. That\u2019s what makes it so difficult for [Michelle\u2019s] character when she loses her husband. She\u2019s realizing how much more they could have had that they didn\u2019t have because of something she didn\u2019t do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Russell and Hawn first met in 1966 when they co-starred in the comedy musical western, \u201cThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Penske Media via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of people relate to that kind of regret,\u201d he added. \u201cAs you get older, and you\u2019ve only got so much time left, that doubles things up in terms of looking at what you\u2019ve done in your life so far and what you want to do with the rest of your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cThe Madison,\u201d Stacy and her family leave Manhattan behind after Preston\u2019s death and move to the rural\u00a0Madison River Valley region\u00a0of Montana,\u00a0the place that he loved the most and where he lost his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stacy, who had never visited Preston\u2019s Montana cabin while he was alive, discovers that there was a side of him that she never knew and regrets she didn\u2019t experience when she had the chance.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking with The National, Russell said he appreciated how Sheridan balanced the show\u2019s heavy themes with humor, especially in the face of loss.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption> Russell, who has been in a\u00a0committed relationship\u00a0with Hawn, 80, for over 40 years, admitted that he became emotional while reading about his character\u2019s love story with Stacy as he felt it mirrored his own. <span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat I like about what Taylor does is he makes it humorous, as well as a lot of gallows humor always, always around it,\u201d Russell said. \u201cThe cog that was in the middle of it all is gone, and you can only deal with it. You can\u2019t get it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Madison\u201d went on to become Sheridan\u2019s biggest-ever series launch after the premiere episode reached\u00a08 million global streaming views\u00a0in the first 10 days after its debut on March 14. The final three episodes of the first season were released on March 21, and the show was renewed for a\u00a0second season\u00a0days later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Filming for the second season has already been completed, though the release date has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his character\u2019s death in the premiere, Russell appeared in every episode of \u201cThe Madison\u2019s\u201d first season through flashbacks.. While speaking with The National, Russell shared that the second season will delve further into Preston and Stacy\u2019s relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn many, many ways, it\u2019s better,\u201d he said. \u201cYou see them together a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/09\/entertainment\/kurt-russell-says-the-madison-love-story-hit-me-really-hard-because-of-his-romance-with-goldie-hawn\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Madison\u201d star Kurt Russell is opening up about how he resonated with Taylor Sheridan\u2019s scripts for the show on a personal level as he drew&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}