I love that Hugh Jackman has no problem stating he was the first to faint on the set of Australia in the Outback.  Some men would rather eat glass than admit something like that.  Hugh says:

“It was unfortunately on the first day of filming on location, which was not the most macho way to start, particularly when we were filming in the Outback and there were many of the ‘real deal’ out there,” he told a press conference ahead of the release of the Baz Luhrmann film.

“It was incredibly hot and it was a massive wide shot of all the cattle as they come into Darwin,” he continued.

“I was waiting on my horse ready to go and about half an hour later, I asked if we were going to shoot, because I was getting pretty hot, in a woollen shirt, leather pants, an all-weather jacket with lining in it and a horse that got particularly spooked by umbrellas.”

He was told to wait 5 minutes but in actuality he waited 45 minutes to his surprise:

“I felt a hand in my back and said: ‘What are you doing?’ And the reply came: ‘What am I doing mate? What are you doing? You’re at a 45 degree angle on a horse!’” he explained.  “Some extra was holding me up on the horse!

“I learnt that when somebody says Baz will be ready in five minutes, you’ve got time to eat lunch and start shooting in about an hour.”

I thought only us women pulled that stuff!!

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