TIME.com: People in the News (June 3, 2003)


	June 3, 2003

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Q&A WITH HUGH JACKMAN
HUGH JACKMAN will be the host of the Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8, at 8 p.m. on CBS.

A lot of people think of you as a movie guy, but you're in a Broadway show this fall.
I'm going to go to Broadway with The Boy from Oz, which is the first Australian musical to make it there. I'm really excited. I can't wait.

That's the Steve Allen musical.
Peter Allen.

Right. Sorry. That's going to be quite a departure from Wolverine.
I'm still frightened that a few fans are going to come in expecting to see slicing and dicing — and they're not going to get a lot of it. They'll get maracas and high kicks. And I'll be kissing my boyfriend, which I think happens about 25 minutes into the play.

How do you get to be host of the Tonys?
I don't know! Maybe 35 people dropped out? Maybe I'm Australian — it makes me slightly cheaper? I don't know.

Soooo ... the hair.
The hair is long. Apparently once the camera rolls, I look quite manly.

Is that all you?
It's extensions. I haven't been out of work that long.
— Lev Grossman


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FROM THE JUNE 9, 2003 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED JUNE 3, 2003