Jennifer HudsonandKatharine McPheeare taking a walk down musical memory lane.
TheAmerican Idolalums reminisced about Hudson’s three-episode guest arc on McPhee’s NBC showSmashin 2013 as the latter appeared Friday onThe Jennifer Hudson Show.
“It was so much fun,” McPhee, 38, recalled of the experience. “I remember we were all so excited that Jennifer was coming.”
McPhee starred as aspiring Broadway actress Karen Cartwright on the musical drama, which ran for two seasons from 2012 to 2013. Her character vied for the lead in a musical aboutMarilyn Monroe, for which she was up against rising star and dead ringer for Monroe, Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty).
Hudson, 41,guest starred on season 2as fellow Broadway star Veronica Moore.
“And I do remember the first episode that we did together was the beginning of season 2. And they said, ‘You and Jennifer are gonna open the show, basically, with this song,'” McPhee recalled.
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She continued, “And we got in the studio, and it was ‘On Broadway,'” before singing a taste of the 1978 George Benson song.
“I remember thinking, ‘That’s a terrible song for me and Jennifer to do,'” McPhee admitted, as the talk show host chimed in, “I had that same thought but I didn’t say anything.”
McPhee added: “Yeah, I didn’t say anything either, but I have to say that once you put your vocals on it, I was pleased. I was feeling a little not-too-soulful when I was singing on it.”
Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty in Smash.Mark Seliger/NBC
Hudson agreed, noting that they “had a little fun with it. We did what we could with it, right?”
When Hudson asked if she would do a reboot of the show, McPhee declared: “Of course I would do a reboot. People ask me that and people talk about it, but no one’s done it. So, maybe we’ve got to get together.”
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Messing, 54, said during the event thatSmashis “one of the things I’m most proud of” as she commented on whether she’d do a reboot: “I’m constantly asked, you know, especially [because] I was on a reboot … And I’m like, ‘If it’s in New York, I’m in.'”
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