Hugh Jackman Had Trouble with Singing in Chinese for New Movie

Hugh Jackman plays a nightclub owner in an upcoming film set in rural China, but it sounds like the Australian actor had some trouble with the language. Hugh says he had to sing for the movie, and even though he took the time to learn the song syllable-by-syllable, Chinese-born producer Wendi Murdoch wasn't very impressed.

"I sang it and the very first couple of syllables she was like, 'great,' and then gradually she said like, 'what?'" he told the Associated Press of his part in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. "But I think I got at least one take."

Hugh successfully masked his native accent as he took on the role of Wolverine in the popular X-Men movies, but it would seem that speaking an entirely different language threw him off his game.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, based on the book of the same name, tells the story of how a close childhood friendship affects the lives of two very different girls in 1800s rural China.