Kate Hudson And Hugh Jackman Slammed As ‘Monsters’ By ‘Song Sung Blue’ Musician’s Son
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Mike Sardina’s son did not hold back.
Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman are enjoying a wave of awards season buzz for their performances in “Song Sung Blue,” but two people with a personal connection to the musical biopic aren’t singing its praises.
Written and directed by Craig Brewer, “Song Sung Blue” stars Jackman and Hudson as Mike “Lightning” and Claire “Thunder” Sardina, a real-life Wisconsin couple who rise above personal setbacks while performing as Lightning and Thunder, an acclaimed Neil Diamond tribute band in the mid-1990s. The movie is based on the 2008 documentary of the same name.
“Song Sung Blue” opened last month to near-universal praise from critics, with Hudson receiving a Golden Globe nomination for her performance. In a new interview with the Daily Mail, however, Michael Sardina Jr. ― who is Mike Sardina’s 41-year-old son ― claimed his late father would be “rolling in his grave right now” over the movie and is reportedly considering legal action.
“Everybody thinks it’s such a wonderful film, it’s so touching,” he told the outlet. “It’s all lies.”
Mike Sardina died at age 55 in 2006, two years before the release of the “Song Sung Blue” documentary. His death is also depicted in the movie.
