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OnARole HUGH JACKMAN IS MIKE SARDINA THE ACTOR PLAYS A NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE PERFORMER IN BIOPIC SONG SUNG BLUE WORDS HELEN O’HARA THE DOCUMENTARY Jackman’s research began with the 2008 documentary of the same name about the real Mike Sardina and his wife/performing partner Claire (Kate Hudson), who together formed Neil Diamond tribute act Lightning & Thunder. On board for a year-and-a-half before the script was finalised, Jackman spent that time studying Mike. “I watched the doc and thought, ‘They don’t make movies like this anymore,” Jackman tells Empire. “Movies used to remind us that there is no small, or ordinary. Everyone’s life is extraordinary. But this story was so incredible; I couldn’t stop telling people about it.” …