There’s nothing most of us would love more than a sequel to The Greatest Showman. Alas, one of its biggest stars is horrified that anyone would even suggest such a thing. Starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, and Zendaya, the movie musical was released in 2017 and achieved astronomical success.
The Michael Gracey-directed flick tells a fictionalised version of P. T. Barnum’s life story, following the entertainer on his journey to creating the circus extravaganzas we still have today, with star attractions. It grossed $459million (£362m) at the box office and, in just seven years, has become a firm favourite in households around the world, with a stage adaptation currently in the works.
Despite its devout fanbase, though, actress Rebecca Ferguson has firmly shut down any chance of reprising her role for a second movie. The 41-year-old star starred as Jenny Lind, the glamorous opera singer with whom Barnum tours after he abandons his circus.
When Collider merely suggested the idea of a Greatest Showman sequel, she declared: ‘No! Stop that. Come on!’. ‘Sometimes things should just be left,’ she stated. Ferguson added that she would also feel ‘jealous’ should the musical get a sequel.
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‘I feel like my character was kind of cast aside. I’ll come back as a juggler.’. Reports of a possible Greatest Showman 2 first surfaced in September 2019, when a sequel was said to already be in development. It was claimed that Jackman was keen to reprise his lead role, but the project hit a barrier when Disney chose to end a distribution deal for Chernin Entertainment’s films by 20th Century Fox in early 2020.
