Hugh Jackman Appears In Cancer Patient's Video Gift To His Wife

For his wife Rachel’s birthday, Australian Kristian Anderson wanted to thank her for supporting him through chemotherapy. The result: A video, featuring cameos by Hugh Jackman and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, that’s guaranteed to make you tear up.

Kristian, 35, asked a local radio show host to help him get Jackman and Key to appear in the birthday message (Rachel is from New Zealand). He then posted the video on a blog he set up to share information about his health with friends and family.

In October 2009 Kristian was diagnosed with bowel cancer that spread to his liver. In a radio interview he urged people not to put off seeing their doctor saying, “If I had got tests done when I first suspected something, I might have only had bowel cancer and they could have just gone straight in and cut it out… It doesn’t matter if it’s nothing but the best thing you can do is find out it’s nothing.”

Hugh Jackman, NZ PM Star In Man With Cancer’s Video Gift For Wife [News.com.au]