Zac Efron and Zendaya reveal the one thing Hugh Jackman’s bad at

HUGH Jackman is an all-singing, all-dancing triple threat — but his Greatest Showman co-stars tell news.com.au that he does have a flaw or two.

WATCHING Hugh Jackman’s star turn in the new musical The Greatest Showman, it’s hard to believe the all-singing, all-dancing performer portraying charismatic circus ringleader P.T. Barnum is also the man behind gruff comic book hero Wolverine.

He’s a man of many talents — so when news.com.au sat down with Jackman’s co-stars in the film, Zac Efron and Zendaya, we posed a very curly question: What exactly does Hugh Jackman suck at?

“Being negative. He’s very terrible at being a negative person, he just can’t do it. I don’t think there’s a negative bone in his body,” said Zendaya.

Now, that was a little like answering ‘I’m a perfectionist’ in a job interview when asked to list your faults, but thankfully Efron offered up a slightly juicier answer.

“When he sings, if he wants to hold a note, if it’s like [sings] “Today ...” , he’ll naturally sing, “TODAAAAAAAAAAAY”. He has this natural vibrato that’s VERY hard to calm down. He admits it’s hard to calm down from years of being on Broadway. Other than that, he’s as perfect as it gets,” Efron offered.

So Hugh Jackman’s two biggest faults are his positive attitude and overwhelming singing talent? Hold the front page.

Zendaya, left, Zac Efron and Hugh Jackman team up for crowd-pleasing musical The Greatest Showman. Picture: AP

Watching Efron’s performance in the film — his first musical role since High School Musical a decade ago — we were struck by one thought. Why is Zac Efron not a pop star? The moves, the voice, the matinee idol looks — the man could easily out-Bieber Bieber. Has he ever been approached by a record label?

“I mean, ages ago. I don’t know if I’m ready for that life. I admire the people that do it right — the Ed Sheerans. I think they’re tremendous,” he said.

“There’s no room for me. There’s real geniuses out there succeeding. There’s so many great people doing it, why do I belong there?”

Jackman has been open about the long journey to get The Greatest Showman made — he originally signed on to the project in 2009, but for years an all-original musical was considered too much of a risk.

A newly released behind-the-scenes video shows the day that would become a turning point for the film: Jackman, still recovering from having a skin cancer removed from his nose just a day earlier, held a showcase with some Broadway friends to convince the studio to greenlight the film. Here’s the performance that convinced studio heads The Greatest Showman was a risk worth taking:

The Greatest Showman is in cinemas from December 26.

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