Hugh Jackman knows how to stop the show

September 29, 2009 at 12:51AM

'JUST TURN IT OFF': Hugh Jackman knows how to stop the show. A crude video on TMZ.com shows Jackman breaking character during a preview of the Broadway play "A Steady Rain" to tell the owner of a ringing cell phone, "You want to get that?" as the audience erupts in cheers. As the ringing persists, Jackman pleads: "Come on, just turn it off." He then paces the stage, waits for the ringing to stop, and the play resumes.

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