Hugh Jackman loves to sing and dance but we never figured we would see him do it in Chinese. But the actor, who is currently in Shanghai filming Wayne Wang’s “Snow Flower And The Secret Fan” apparently gets a number in the film.
Wang seems to be taking some the film, which is based on Lisa See’s book about a “laotong” relationship (one “made by choice for the purpose of emotional companionship and eternal fidelity” as described in the book) between two women in 19th century rural China in some interesting directions. Clearly, the story has been updated, as Jackman plays a nightclub owner who has a scene where he breaks into song. Naturally, he had some trouble getting around the language saying, “I sang it and the very first couple of syllables she was like, ‘great,’ and then gradually she said like, ‘what?'” but eventually got a take in the can.
So is this a full blown musical or just a one off scene? We guess we’ll have to wait and see. Once his work on Wang’s film is done, Jackman will be filming the gender-panic comedy “Avon Man” in April and then “Real Steel” this summer.