Well, what else could he do? In the middle of a scene, in front hundreds of people who paid to see a great performance - an actor's gotta do what an actor's gotta do.

I thought, ‘I’ll be all right.’ The number featured (character) Belle and me; I chased her around the stage, lifting her up, dragging her, singing the whole time. Then I realized, ‘No way!’

"I was sucking in air, trying to sing and dance. I picked her up and realised I peed my pants a little. The very last note is a big time F sharp… (and) you have to release certain muscles to hit it, the same ones that allow you to hold on when you have to go to the bathroom.
"I thought, ‘S**t, if I sing this note, I’m going to pee my pants; if I don’t, I’m going to look humiliated. The actor in me took over." 

"I thought, ‘These red tights must be waterproof’. I was laughing as if I’d gotten away with it. But the audience was looking at me funny. It had seeped through and my pants were completely wet."

-- Hugh Jackman

And here is a little gratutious Fergie for you because whenever I think of this subject, I think of Fergie.

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