Hugh Jackman, who played Jean Valjean in Tom Hooper's "Les Miserables", said he did not reunite with the director on his much-derided musical "Cats" because of his busy scheduled.
The Australian actor, in an interview with the Daily Beast, confirmed that Hooper had called him during the pre-production.
"There were a couple of options there based on availability and time but I just wasn't available at the time."
"I knew it was the right time for me to leave the partynot just for me, but for the character. Somebody else will pick it up and run with it. It's too good of a character not to. It's kind of like, you're on your way home and your friend rings you and goes, Oh, dude, a new DJ just came on and the music is awesome, are you going to come back?' And you say, Sounds good butno. They're fine with someone else. PTI BK