Hugh Jackman has revealed that he turned down an opportunity to invest in Norwich City football club.
The Australian actor is a fan of the Premier League club, an affiliation born out of the fact that his mother is a Norfolk resident and fan of the Canaries.
The Real Steel star told BBC's Radio Five Live: "Sometimes I make big mistakes.
"I got a letter about a year ago saying, 'Being such a huge Norwich City fan would I like to be a celebrity investor?', like a small part-owner."
The 42-year-old continued: "I said, 'I think that's a little stretched, I've been to Carrow Road once, my mum took me', so I decided not to invest.
"And since then they're on a run, so what do I know?"
Norwich found themselves in League One for the 2009-10 season, but two straight promotions have seen them return to England's top flight, although their only major honour remains the League Cup, which they won in 1962 and 1985 - a year in which both themselves and opponents Sunderland were relegated from Division One.
Of his fondness for all things yellow and green, Jackman added: "People say to me about these underdog stories in Hollywood, 'it never happens in real life', but hey, Norwich City are in the Premier League.
"I have the Milk Cup (as the League Cup was known in 1985) shirt, the commemorative shirt from 1984 [sic], there's really been nothing since that, except for [chairperson] Delia Smith's poached eggs.
"But there was really not much more going on until now and our big rebuilding."
Had Jackman joined the board of directors, he would have joined not only celebrity chef Smith, but also Stephen Fry, who proudly displays the Norwich badge on his Twitter profile.
Norwich City currently lie ninth in the Premier League table.