Hugh Jackman's "Most Embarrassing Moment In His Life" | The Graham Norton Show

I've got another picture of you in an early role. I don't know whether this is before Corelli or after Corelli When were you in Beauty and the Beast? Straight after Corelli. Oh, right. Literally straight after. Yeah, so this was you as Gaston. Yeah This I don't know if this story is true it sounds on is this story true it sounds unbelievable. Oh, okay. I know the story It's true. It's how is that possible was my most? Embarrassing moment in life When I was getting these headaches, it was my first job I'd done in a musical and I was getting headaches and I went to a Naturopath and he said oh you're dehydrated you're sweating every night. So you need to drink three liters of water a day. I was like three liters so, of course Me being me. I drank four liters right think it's three or four So I have a routine when I go on stage and I was on about five minutes after the show goes up I always pee when they say places places. Ladies and gentlemen, you hear and I go and pee so I peed I'm waiting backstage and I gotta go again. I've gotta go again. Oh, no, I've really got to go again And that was my cue. So I walked on stage Really needing to go again and that first number was very energetic and it was Where I pick up Bell, I literally have to pick her up and as I'm picking her up like That's what I realized the the muscles you need to release to sing at the very ones you need to tense to hold on So by the end of the number I was literally bursting on it managed to hold on and I remember the girl playing Bell was looking because I Came to the last night I was humiliated I have to demonstrate this so front of the stage here and The very final notes a big f-sharp and big and I say will you marry me and I say a little line I'm thinking if I sing this note, I'm peeing my pants If I don't sing this note, I'm humiliated in front of 2,000 people