United Kingdom, Jan. 19 -- Kate Hudson gave up Botox jabs for her latest film role.

The Hollywood actress, 46, has revealed she gained weight, shunned make-up and stopped having regular Botox injections in her face while she was shooting her new movie Song Sung Blue because the film was set in the 1980s before wrinkle-freezing jabs had been invented.

She told The Standard newspaper: "Well, the Botox was an easy choice 0 they didn't have it in the 1980s.

"And you have to remember I grew up around brothers so vanity was never a big thing for me. As I get older, I embrace the wrinkles and the life experience of being a woman.

"There are plenty of people in Hollywood who still prefer a woman in a nice dress but that's not always me and no...