Anne Hathaway blames Hugh Jackman for that time she hosted the Oscars... and bombed

For Anne Hathaway, hosting the Oscars seemed like such a good idea. Afterall, she’d had an amazing time playing her part in Hugh Jackman’s 2009 Academy Awards opening number in which the pair celebrated nominee Frost/Nixon by facing off as the legendary journalist and disgraced politician. Anne, ever the theatre kid at heart, drew cheers with her spot-on peace finger waggle as she channeled Nixon doing his iconic victory move — all while decked out in a red carpet gown, makeup, and heels. So when organizers asked her to return in 2011, she jumped at the chance — and fell flat on her face. For that debacle, she blames Jackman.“I was like, ‘I want to be like Hugh. Yeah, I’ll give it a go,'” she said while chatting with Jackman himself in a conversation for Variety. “How could you?” she asked the actor. “How could you set me up like that?”