Hugh Jackman enjoys a celebrated friendship with industry peer and Deadpool & Wolverine co-star Ryan Reynolds.
But that didn’t stop him unloading to his live audience at Radio City Music Hall, where he’s halfway through a 12-show run of musical review titled From New York, With Love.
The Daily Mail newspaper reports that Jackman shard “one little gripe” about his time filming the blockbuster superhero film alongside Reynolds – that the established song and dance man was left out of the Marvel movie’s musical number.
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In footage obtained by The Daily Mail, Jackman joked with his audience:
“Don’t tell Ryan… I don’t need to be in every scene in the movie. But Ryan is a writer. And when I see the script, I see that the scene that I’m not in is the opening sequence which is a dance number to an NSYNC song by Ryan.
“I’m like, the one scene I’m not in has dance. Now Ryan, he’s very talented, but dancing?”
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)is the 34th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the sequel to Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). It made $1.338 billion at the box office on its release in 2024.
Jackman got a laugh from his audience, before saying he was going to try to “rectify” the issue – recruiting his trainer and former dancer Beth Lewis to perform with him “the dance that got away.” The pair danced to NSYNC’s 2000 hit Bye Bye Bye.
Jackman will continue to perform at Radio City Music Hall on select weekends through to the final shows on August 15 and 16.