Hugh Jackman was an established stage actor for years before he broke into Hollywood and this story comes from one of his earliest performances as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. Aside from a brilliant costume, Jackman had quite the embarrassing moment onstage as he told Graham Norton.
As Jackman tells it, he was getting bad headaches during and after performances and his naturopath told him he was dehydrated and needed to drink 3 litres of water every day. He drank four instead and despite visiting the bathroom before the show began, he had to pee again. Unfortunately for him, the muscles you need to release to sing are the same you need to tense in order to hold your pee in. Unfortunately, the very final note of the number is a big and extravagant moment and if he does it, he’ll probably wet himself. And that’s exactly what he did – wet himself in front of 2,000 people. The show must go on, as Jackman said.