Later that same month, People magazine named Jackman “Sexiest Man Alive.” A three-time host of the Tony Awards, winning an Emmy Award for one of these appearances, Jackman also hosted the 81st Academy Awards on 22 February 2009. His parents divorced when he was eight, and he remained with his accountant father and siblings, while his mother moved back to England. I thought that would be an ideal job.” Jackman went to primary school at Pymble Public School and later attended the all-boys Knox Grammar School, where he starred in its production of My Fair Lady in 1985 and became the captain of the school in 1986. The class did Václav Havel’s The Memorandum with Jackman as the lead. in 1996, Jackman played Gaston in the local Walt Disney production of Beauty and the Beast, and Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard. During his stage musical career in Melbourne, he starred in the 1998 Midsumma festival cabaret production Summa Cabaret. Jackman’s early film work includes Erskineville Kings and Paperback Hero (1999), and his television work includes Law of the Land, Halifax f.p., Blue Heelers, and Banjo Paterson’s The Man from Snowy River.
Paul Bettany Cast Opposite Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables Movie! And the inspired casting just keeps on coming!We reported last week that Hugh Jackman was in negotiations to star in director Tom Hooper’s upcoming musical adaptation of Les Misérables as protagonist Jean Valjean, and now, we’ve gotten word that Paul Bettany may be taking on the role of the film’s villain, Inspector Javert!Sources close to [...] [link]
