Warren Beatty and Annette Bening Keep a Watchful Eye as Hugh Jackman Grows Close to Their Rising Star Daughter

Hugh Jackman has been cozying up to Warren Beatty and Annette Bening’s glamorous daughter Ella in a new play, and insiders say her dad — once Tinseltown’s most notorious womanizer — and mom are in a panic, warning that he can’t be trusted.

The 56-year-old Aussie actor has his hands all over Warren’s 25-year-old daughter in the new Off-Broadway production of Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, where he plays a three-time divorced college professor and novelist who has an affair with his 19-year-old student, played by Ella.

Hot scenes have Hugh kissing Ella while she’s sitting in his lap, and her wrapping her legs around him while they make out on a desk.

“Warren and Annette are keeping close tabs on the situation,” says an insider. “They’re protective of their daughter and know all too well how these things go. They’re not accusing Hugh of anything, but they’re keeping an eye out and aren’t taking chances.”

Sources say Hugh “plays up the gentleman act when they’re around, but there’s plenty of buzz about how flirtatious he’s been with Ella during this whole process.”

As GLOBE reported, Hugh and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, split in September 2023 after 27 years of marriage.

He hooked up with current girlfriend Sutton Foster, 50 — who, like Ella, was also his leading lady, in the Broadway musical The Music Man.

But cracks have begun to show in their romance as a result of conflicting schedules, and the source insists that Hugh has now become interested in Ella.

“Of course, Hugh would insist he’s only being friendly and doing his job to build the connection they need to give a great performance on stage,” says the insider. “After all, he and Ella play very passionate lovers — it’s intense.”

Meanwhile, Warren and Annette — who ironically hooked up while filming the 1991 flick Bugsy — didn’t try to hold Ella back from doing the show.

“They’re very proud of her and her talent, but they are wary and don’t want to see life imitating art,” says the source.

“They have been around the business a long time and they know how these things can go and how intoxicating someone with Hugh’s fame and status can be.”

“They’ve always been helicopter parents and that hasn’t stopped. Even though Ella is in her mid-20s, they still see her as their little girl that needs protecting.”