Martha Stewart explains why she was 'scared' while working with Matthew McConaughey: 'He'd make weird sounds'

Martha Stewart only worked with Matthew McConaughey briefly, but he made quite the impression.

The businesswoman and author starred alongside McConaughey in a recent Super Bowl ad campaign for Uber Eats, which saw the veteran actor play several different characters throughout history across various ads. And according to Stewart, he took every role very seriously.

"So I just worked with your costar, Matthew McConaughey," Stewart told guest Kate Hudson on the latest episode of The Martha Stewart Podcast.

"How was that?" asked Hudson. "Was he wild?"

"He got me scared actually," Stewart replied. Hudson, who has starred alongside McConaughey in Fool's Gold and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, didn't sound too surprised — but she did laugh.

Stewart explained, "There I am, I'm a board member of UberEats and I'm the one who's making the Caesar salad, and Matthew— he had to play many characters in that commercial. He is a method actor, I think."

"Of commercials?" Hudson joked.

"Of characters," Stewart replied. "Because he had to play 10 characters, and he got into each character, it takes him about 15 minutes."

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Thinking back to her own experience, Hudson recalled, "And he'd make weird sounds. He makes sounds and does crazy things."

"He's grunting and breathing and jumping up and down," Stewart agreed, while Hudson mimicked the grunting noises in the background. "And that scared me."

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The Running Point actress joked, "You get used to it… after like the first couple of weeks," to which Stewart quipped, "You probably just wanted to tell him to shut the hell up."

While the duo shared a good laugh over McConaughey's warm-up techniques, they agreed that he was ultimately "fabulous" to work with.

"We have so much fun when we're working," Hudson shared. "It's been a long time."

When Stewart praised the pair's work in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Hudson added, "I love that movie. McConaughey is, like, one of the most fun people to work with for me because energetically, we're both very competitive."

She explained that the rom-coms were especially fun because "we're both very flirtatious."

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Back in 2023, Hudson and McConaughey reunited on Instagram to celebrate the 20th anniversary of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days — and discuss their undeniable onscreen chemistry.

"What tickles me doesn't bruise you; what tickles you doesn't bruise me," McConaughey said of their dynamic. "We were never afraid to push it to what might be considered too far."

Hudson added, "When you went one direction, I went with you. But then I would be like, 'I'm gonna throw him off a little bit. Let's see what happens if I do a sharp right.'"

Listen to Hudson and Stewart's full conversation above.

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