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Just before becoming a globally popular name in the cinematic world, Hugh Jackman was stuck at an airport hours before the X-Men shoot. According to an earlier interview with Jimmy Kemmel on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Hugh Jackman confessed how he lied at an airport to avoid deportation.
The Story Behind Hugh Jackman’s Airport Detention Scare
As per the story, back in the year 2000, when he wasn’t a well-known movie star, Hugh Jackman went to Toronto, gave an audition, and got the part of Wolverine. But the real drama began when he was asked to be present the very next day for the shooting schedule. He had to travel between Los Angeles and Toronto but didn’t have a visa. Someone from the film unit suggested that he lie at the airport, saying that he was just auditioning for the part. That’s what Jackman did, and the lie got him into trouble.
The man at the airport counter quizzed Hugh Jackman about more details related to his recent travels, and that got the actor stumped. When the X-Men actor realized that the officer had caught his lie, he broke down and told him the real story. He was detained in a room for 1.5 hours and wasn’t even allowed a phone call. Just when he thought he was going to jail and lost the role of a lifetime, he was informed that he would be deported.
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