Watch What Happens Live: Goldie Hawn reveals how planned Chicago movie with Madonna fell apart with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein
Goldie Hawn explained how her plans to work with Madonna on a movie version of Chicago fell apart while working with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein.
The 74-year-old actress was asked Sunday by a Watch What Happens Live viewer during the after show about Madonna, 61, telling fans in the mid-1990s they were working together on a film version of the 1975 stage musical of the same name.
Show host Andy Cohen, 51, asked Goldie to share what it was like working with Madonna and why it didn't work out.
![Chicago movie: Goldie Hawn explained how her plans to work with Madonna on a movie version of Chicago fell apart while working with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/25/04/28784432-8353673-image-m-25_1590379105276.jpg)
Chicago movie: Goldie Hawn explained how her plans to work with Madonna on a movie version of Chicago fell apart while working with disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein
Goldie who joined the show from home amid the coronavirus pandemic said it was a 'long story' and then gave a 'short-ish' answer.
'Madonna and I were gonna do it and I was working with Harvey Weinstein on it because he was producing,' Goldie explained.
She brought on English director Nicholas Hytner, 64, to direct and Weinstein, 68, put the late writer Wendy Wasserstein, who died in 2006 at age 55, to write it, Goldie said.
'I thought that was great and then I got the script a while later and it was for a 23-year-old,' Goldie said.
![Musical movie: Madonna, shown in 1997, was on board to work with Goldie in a film version of Chicago](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/25/06/28785578-8353673-image-a-38_1590383988077.jpg)
Musical movie: Madonna, shown in 1997, was on board to work with Goldie in a film version of Chicago
![The producer: Harvey Weinstein, shown in June 1997, was producing the Chicago movie with Goldie set to star](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/25/06/28785632-8353673-image-m-42_1590384023648.jpg)
The producer: Harvey Weinstein, shown in June 1997, was producing the Chicago movie with Goldie set to star
She called Weinstein to confront him and Goldie said the producer told her that she couldn't play 23 and Goldie said she protested pointing out they could use 'digital' techniques to make her look age 12 if they wanted.
Goldie said she told Weinstein that he was being 'under handed' and should just come out and say he wanted someone else for the role of Roxie Hart.
The Oscar-winning actress said she had a 'play or pay' clause in her contract and during a meeting told Weinstein that his script for the movie was horrible and advised him to rewrite it.
![Leading role: Goldie, shown in 1997 in Santa Monica, California, was set to portray Roxie Hart](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/25/06/28785640-8353673-image-m-44_1590384046807.jpg)
Leading role: Goldie, shown in 1997 in Santa Monica, California, was set to portray Roxie Hart
'He ended up paying me, which was amazing. And I was able to call Harvey and say, ''Harvey you want to know something. I really, really didn't like you. But this isn't about the money, but the fact you were honorable for me in this situation. I am thankful for that and I like you better.'' And that was that,' Goldie said.
Neither Goldie nor Madonna participated in Chicago that Weinstein's film studio Miramax distributed in 2002 featuring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere.
Chicago won six Academy Awards in 2003 including Best Picture, making it the first musical to win Best Picture since Oliver! in 1968.
![Got paid: The Oscar-winning actress had a 'play or pay' clause in her contract and Weinstein paid her](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/25/06/28784160-8353673-image-a-45_1590384071540.jpg)
Got paid: The Oscar-winning actress had a 'play or pay' clause in her contract and Weinstein paid her
Goldie said that Chicago was a 'fantastic movie' and said she congratulated Weinstein later for creating a 'great movie' and he said, 'Goldie, you've got a lot of class'.
She described their relationship as a 'tough one' in which she 'didn't back down' in her dealings with him.
'Nope, you're not going to play that game,' she said of Weinstein.
![Tough one: Goldie described her relationship with Weinstein as a 'tough one'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/25/07/28784158-8353673-image-a-51_1590386693630.jpg)
Tough one: Goldie described her relationship with Weinstein as a 'tough one'
Weinstein was fired from Miramax in October 2017 and expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after more than 80 women made allegations of sexual abuse against him sparking the #MeToo social media campaign.
He was found guilty in February on rape charges in New York City and was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
Goldie during the regular show admitted to Andy that her whole family wants to do a movie together including her husband Kurt Russell, daughter Kate Hudson, and sons Wyatt Russell and Oliver Hudson, who also made a remote appearance on the show.
Oliver quizzed his mother in a segment called 'Shady' Spawn.
![Special appearance: Oliver Hudson also appeared on the Bravo talk show with his mother and took part in a Shady Spawn question segment](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/25/05/28784436-8353673-image-a-26_1590379258607.jpg)
Special appearance: Oliver Hudson also appeared on the Bravo talk show with his mother and took part in a Shady Spawn question segment
![Family affair: Goldie during the regular show admitted to Andy that her whole family wants to do a movie together including her husband Kurt Russell, daughter Kate Hudson, and sons Wyatt Russell and Oliver](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/25/06/28784170-8353673-image-m-50_1590384418987.jpg)
Family affair: Goldie during the regular show admitted to Andy that her whole family wants to do a movie together including her husband Kurt Russell, daughter Kate Hudson, and sons Wyatt Russell and Oliver
![Talented family: Kurt Russell, Goldie, Kate Hudson and Oliver are shown in May 2004 in Hollywood](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/25/06/28785646-8353673-image-m-49_1590384401170.jpg)
Talented family: Kurt Russell, Goldie, Kate Hudson and Oliver are shown in May 2004 in Hollywood
He asked Goldie to name her worst on-screen kiss and then answered Woody Allen for her.
Goldie also recalled her first kiss in high school and revealed that her first concert ever was watching Ike and Tina Turner in Washington, DC.
'I will never forget it,' she said.
![Grandchildren also: Goldie, shown with her family in May 2016 in Los Angeles, said her grandchildren also have natural talent when talking about a family movie together](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/05/25/06/28785642-8353673-image-m-48_1590384262554.jpg)
Grandchildren also: Goldie, shown with her family in May 2016 in Los Angeles, said her grandchildren also have natural talent when talking about a family movie together
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