Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster have done little to quell rumours that they are reportedly “in love”. A clip of the pair has resurfaced from when the pair were working together on The Music Man showing the co-stars gushing over one another on Late Night with Seth Myers. Jackman and Foster played the romantic leads in the Broadway musical from late 2021 until it finished its run earlier in 2023.
They appeared on the late night talk show in May 2022 to promote the musical, during which the pair seemed positively giddy to be working together. Foster, 49, said it was a “dream come true” to work with Jackman, 56. “The show is so joyful, and I’m having the time of my life playing opposite this guy,” Foster said.
“You had to say that, but thank you,” Jackman teased. “I did!” Foster added. “But it’s like — it’s a dream come true.
Truly.” The pair shared stories about hecklers teasing the on-stage lovers to “kiss already” during the show. Jackson was quick to admit, when asked by Myers, that he was “intimidated” to work with Foster for the first time.
The Wolverine star said he’d seen “everything Foster had ever appeared in. “This is a six-time Tony nominee, two-time winner,” he said. “I saw her do Thoroughly Modern Millie when you were like four years old.
I’ve watched everything she’s done. It’s amazing. “And I’m the guy who, in my first show, Beauty and the Beast, it was in my contract that I had to have singing lessons onc.