Hugh Jackman Saves Beachgoers, Including Son, From Riptide

Hugh Jackman Saves
Actor Hugh Jackman and his wife, actress Deborra-Lee Furness, attend the G'Day USA gala at Vibiana in Los Angeles on January 28, 2016. File photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

SYDNEY, March 26 (UPI) — Hugh Jackman‘s publicist says the actor and his 15-year-old son, Oscar, are “completely fine” after Jackman saved his boy and others caught in a riptide.

9 News Australia footage shows the film star rescuing his son, a man and a girl, who appeared overwhelmed by rough waves on Bondi Beach in Sydney Saturday.

“Hugh and Oscar are completely fine,” the actor’s representative told ABC News in a statement.

“It looks more dramatic than it was.”

The X-Men” veteran was in his native Australia to promote his movie “Eddie the Eagle.”

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