Hugh Jackman has splashed out £250 on lottery scratch cards for the cast and crew on his latest movie. The 43-year-old actor brightened up a rainy day of filming Les Miserables by running to the nearby newsagent in Berkshire, England, and buying everyone a potentially prize-winning card.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Hugh said he needed to go to the shops then came back with a wad of scratch cards and handed them out to everyone. “It’s a nice gesture. No one won, however – or if they did they’re not saying.”
It is not the first time the father-of-two has turned to the lottery to cheer up his co-workers. On the set of Reel Steel last year he made a weekly habit of purchasing 500 tickets for crewmembers. Explaining his generosity, the Australian native said, “It’s my way of paying taxes. The very first film I did in America, I was embarrassed to say two months in that I didn’t know half of the crew’s names.
“So I thought that on a Friday afternoon I’ll whip by and buy lottery tickets for everyone and hand them out. I say it’s an Australian tradition, but it’s not.”
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