Posted: 12/19/17 at 9:26am
A real showbiz story -- Hugh Jackman shares the day when the film project THE GREATEST SHOWMAN was going to be greenlit or turned down by Fox execs! Let him tell the story of that final reading --
Please be sure to see the clip from the beginning, as that provides the unusual background on the developments for the actual reading.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=69&v=PluaPvhkIMU
Do you recognize the faces of the Broadway actors/actresses who were there for the final reading? Jeremy Jordan was singing for Hugh...until Hugh could not let the showman in him ( or the producer in him) not get that coveted OK for his passion project - a movie musical from an acknowledged risky genre.
Updated On: 12/19/17 at 09:26 AM
