And as it turns out, Hugh has recently stepped back into the shoes of his Greatest Showman character, making a million dreams come true to entertain Ryan and wife Blake Lively‘s children: James, 9, Inez, 7, Betty, 4, and Olin, who was born in 2023.
“My kids watch Greatest Showman all the time,” Ryan revealed during a July 22 SiriusXM interview. “I walked into my house, and I’ve come in, I’ve heard The Greatest Showman playing, and I come around the corner and there are my kids watching the movie, singing along and there’s Hugh acting it out with them like just this big kid.”
The 47-year-old continued, “It was [one of] the most heartbreaking, beautiful things I’d ever seen. I knew I would never be able to top it, so I’ve started a new life in a new country with a secret family just like everyone’s supposed to.”
But of course, Hugh had the last laugh, adding, “By the way, we didn’t rent it, we bought it on your account. Residuals.”
—Reporting by Emily Curl