EXCLUSIVE: Kate Hudson's Wild Photo Shoot

Get a sneak peek at the making of her new ad campaign in Africa – and find out what the star had to say about everything from hair care to lion cubs! By Melissa Liebling-Goldberg

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Of the shoot, Hudson tells PEOPLE that working with a cheetah was "the most fun. He was purring. I remember listening to it and [asking], 'Should I be running right now because his purr sounds more like a growl?' But they're like, 'No. He's just super happy.' And I got really comfortable with it. And I would literally lay on the cheetah. It was really pretty cool."