Hugh Jackman has admitted that he turned down an opportunity to star in the Cats movie. Jackman, 51, who was nominated for Best Actor at the 2013 Academy Awards after starring in director Tom Hooper’s film adaptation of Les Miserables, said that he “just wasn’t available at the time.” "You know, Tom rang me early on because we did Les Mis together, and there were a couple of options there based on availability and time, and I really… yeah, I just wasn't available at the time," he told the Daily Beast.
Anticipating detractors suggesting that he may have dodged a bullet by missing out on appearing in the critically-derided flop, Jackman said that he wasn’t going to “bash” the movie and hailed Hooper as a “great filmmaker.” "I'm in the
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