Australia Invades America & David Wenham Joins the Cast

January 21st, 2007

On the 19th of January Hugh Jackman attended G’day USA (an extension of G’day LA, a promotion of Australian work in America) and treated the lucky 800 attendees to the first sneak peek of the film, Australia.

Two large screens were used to display black and white images of Hugh and Nicole as they are to appear in the film. Presumably these images were taken late December 2006 when the pair attended workshops in Sydney.

“It’s a story set in Australia about Australian characters. It’s about our great land, and it’s about our history. It’s about who we are,” Jackman said. “It’s so good to see Aussies in tuxedos,” he told the assembled Australians. “It’s like the cast of Happy Feet.”

From this event, though still unofficially released, rumours of actors Bryan Brown and Jack Thompson joining the cast appear all the more solidified; now with the exciting addition of David Wenham (Lord of the Rings, Van Helsing, Moulin Rouge!).

sources: Sunday Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald

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