Jackman's Wife Turned Down Jagger

07 April 2009

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Hugh Jackman was lucky to land a first date with his wife Deborra-Lee Furness - because the actress had to turn down an invitation from Mick Jagger to be there.

The X-Men star fell for Furness while they were working together in 1995, and when he finally arranged to spend an evening with her at a dinner party, the date was nearly broken when the Rolling Stones frontman tried to persuade the blonde to go out with him instead.

Jackman explains, "I decided to have a dinner party and invite her with about 10 people. But before the crepes (could be served), Deb's mobile phone rings. It's a very famous friend of hers who says, 'Deb, I'm outside Hugh's house in a limo with Mick Jagger and Mick says, 'Come down, let's party'.

I went, 'Wow, that's pretty cool,' and confessed my crush - and then she said she had a crush on me, too!Hugh Jackman

"I say, 'Go with Mick.' But she gets on the phone and says, 'You tell Mick I'm having dinner with Hugh Jackman,' and hangs up.

"I went, 'Wow, that's pretty cool,' and confessed my crush - and then she said she had a crush on me, too!" The pair married a year later.

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