Hugh Jackman with his wife Deborra-Lee Furness took a stroll with their daughter Ava Eliot, 4 in Greenich Village, NYC on Thursday (Feb. 4).  The Wolverine actor will be leaving the Big Apple for a while and heading to China.

Hugh has joined South Korean actress Jeon Ji-Hyun and Chinese actress Li Bingbing in the Wayne Wang directed, emotional drama, Snow Flower and The Secret Fan .

There is conflicting information about whether the actor will be playing the male lead or doing a cameo, in the English-language film.  This adaptation of Lisa See’s novel is about love between two women navigating strict cultural norms in the 19th century China.