Goldberg said Hawn used to sign her name as “Whoopi” in the past.

Whoopi Goldberg*,* Goldie Hawn tried to make a movie where they played sisters: ‘People used to call me Whoopi’

Goldberg said Hawn used to sign her name as "Whoopi" in the past.

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- Whoopi Goldberg and Goldie Hawn revealed on *The View *they attempted to make a movie playing sisters.

- "People used to call me Whoopi," Hawn said, while Goldberg confirmed the actress used to sign her name as "Whoopi" in autographs.

- "People used to call me Goldie," Goldberg added.

Whoopi Goldberg and Goldie Hawn nearly had a sister act of another kind, as the Oscar-winning duo revealed Monday on *The View* that they once tried to make a movie together in which they would've played sisters.

Shortly after the 80-year-old *Private Benjamin *star joined the Hot Topics table for an interview about her new children's book, *The After-School Kindness Crew: Pooch on the Loose*, the actresses discussed the movie that could've been after Goldberg's makeup rubbed off on Hawn's face.

"I'm all over your face, and you're all over my glasses," Goldberg, 70, told Hawn at the top of the interview, as the camera cut to show Hawn with a streak of the *Ghost* star's makeup on her cheek.

Goldberg, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Hawn, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin on 'The View'.

Cohost Ana Navarro leaned over to help Hawn remove the makeup, while Hawn said that the cosmetic exchange was appropriate because, as she remembered, "People used to call me Whoopi!"

Goldberg laughed as she added, "People used to call me Goldie, and she'd sign 'Whoopi'" on autographs.

"I swear, it was so crazy. And then we thought we'd make a movie together and you'd be my sister, and we'd be sisters!" Hawn recalled of a never-made Hollywood project.

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"Why cant' we get that movie?" Navarro asked, as the audience cheered at the thought. Goldberg smiled, admitting, "Because we're out of control, anyway!"

The pair didn't elaborate on their plans for a movie playing siblings, though the interview did shift to Hawn's real-life family, including daughter Kate Hudson, who recently received her second Oscar nomination for her performance in 2025's* Song Sung Blue*.

Prior to making a light return to Hollywood alongside her longtime partner, Kurt Russell, in 2020's *The Christmas Chronicles 2 *and* *with Amy Schumer in the 2017 comedy *Snatched*, Hawn took a 15-year break from major acting roles following the release of her 2002 comedy* The Banger Sisters*.

Hawn and Kate Hudson at the 2026 Oscars.

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Though she holds down her daytime gig as moderator of *The View*, Goldberg has long spoken on the talk show about her attempts to get major scripted projects off the ground — including the long-gestating *Sister Act 3*.

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Goldberg even traveled to the Vatican, where she previously revealed she offered Pope Francis — an admitted fan of the actress' — a cameo in the third film prior to his death.

*The View* airs weekdays on ABC.

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