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Hugh Jackman says Neil Diamond phoned him in tears as a result of he was “so moved” by new film Music Sung Blue.
Music Sung Blue star Hugh Jackman
The 57-year-old actor stars alongside Kate Hudson within the biographical musical movie – named after Diamond’s 1972 tune of the identical title – about Mike and Claire Sardina’s Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning and Thunder.
Jackman was thrilled to obtain a name from Diamond, 84, telling him how a lot he beloved the film, and the pair then met-up and sang karaoke collectively.
Throughout an look on The Graham Norton Present, he mentioned: “Neil rang me crying as a result of he was so moved by the film.
“I went to satisfy him and truly stayed the night time. It was so nice, when at supper time, he recommended Karaoke. We sang, I Dreamed a Dream from Les Mis, Can’t Assist Falling in Love, and Candy Caroline. It was fantastic.”
Music Sung Blue centres on two struggling musicians – Mike (Jackman) and Claire (Hudson) – who kind a tribute act and unexpectedly fall in love.
Jackman acknowledged that entering into the function of a performer impersonating one other performer was a novel problem in itself.
He mentioned: “It was complicated, however I needed to type of lose myself as a performer to turn into Mike and for Mike to turn into Neil. It was superior.”
Hudson – who was additionally a visitor on The Graham Norton Present – mentioned: “I used to be introduced up actually close to the place he (Diamond) lives however I had by no means met him so I requested if I might go to.
“It was such a beautiful emotional assembly. He loves Mike and Claire and he loves the film. He was so grateful for it which I used to be not anticipating.”
Jackman rose to world fame as Wolverine, portraying the Marvel superhero throughout 10 movies from X-Males (2000) to Deadpool and Wolverine (2024), and whereas he’s now centered on new artistic initiatives, Jackman hasn’t closed the door on returning to the function that earned him a Guinness World Document for the “longest profession as a live-action Marvel character”.
He mentioned: “Perhaps. I’m by no means saying ‘by no means’ ever once more. I did imply it till the day I modified my thoughts.
“I did imply it for fairly a number of years. I’ve completed ten movies now, so I feel they’ve sufficient for an AI model of me.”
The Graham Norton Present airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 10.40pm on Friday (21.11.25).
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