A video of Hugh Jackman on stage in an ad-libbed interaction from a embarrassed fan is making the round on YouTube.
Titled: Hugh Jackman pissed off by audience’s phone interruption during Broadway performance, the video’s description encourages visitors to visit PeaceWisher blog read the Hugh Jackman stage monolouge transcript and decipher the shaky volume. Hugh kept his cool and didn’t freak out although he was clearly annoyed and why not …
Vancouver Sun (via Reuters) described the incident thusly in Hugh Jackman halts Broadway show when audience member’s cellphone rings:
“You want to get that?” Jackman said in character, after the ringing interrupted a tense moment in a preview performance of “A Steady Rain” last week. The show officially opens on Tuesday with Daniel Craig starring opposite Jackman.
“Grab your phone, it doesn’t matter,” said Jackman as the ringing continues.
“Come on, just turn it off … we can wait. Just get the phone,” Jackman continues to applause from the audience.
“Don’t be embarrassed. Just grab it,” he adds.
An amateur video of the incident was posted on video sharing website YouTube on Monday, and it seemed clear that the audience member did not want to reach for the phone at risk of being embarrassed. After several rings, it stopped.
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