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Just thought I'd pop over here from the FF2 board and post this interview with Hugh....
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/CityHome.asp?xfile=data/citytimes/2006/October/citytimes_October59.xml§ion=citytimes&col=
After three outings as the furry, antisocial Wolverine in the 'X-Men' movies, Jackman is enjoying playing roles that are so different. But unlike Sean Connery as James Bond or Christopher Reeve as Superman, he has no plans to turn his back on the role.
'I identify with the character of Wolverine,' he says. 'I can always identify with that feeling of being alienated. A lot of performers feel that way. Wolverine is 10 times that - he doesn't know his past, so there is a lot of pain. But there isn't a person on this planet who doesn't mask some kind of pain that comes out in behaviour in some way.'
So what sort of training does it take to turn a song-and-dance man - Jackman is currently touring Australia in his show 'The Boy from Oz,' playing fellow Aussie Peter Allen - into a razor-clawed, unstoppable mutant killing machine?
'If you walked into the gym, you wouldn't even recognize my personality, ' Jackman says cheerfully. 'I play angry heavy-metal music and crank it at the highest volume. I also scream and yell.'
The producers of the 'X-Men' movies swear that 'X-Men: The Last Stand' was indeed the team's final go-round, but Jackman is preparing to produce and star in his own spinoff film. It will be a prequel, he says, and the script is already on its third and final draft.
'I will do a Wolverine movie,' he says, 'because there is so much to still say about this character I love. I think of him in a Mad Max way. You still need to know what makes him kick. You don't know everything about him just yet, I promise.'
'X'-fans shouldn't expect to see much of Cyclops, Rogue, Storm or the rest, though.
'It has never been my intention to turn the Wolverine film into 'X-4,'' Jackman says. 'That would be cashing in on the spinoff, and I have no need to even do this movie from a financial standpoint - I have more money than I'll ever need. I need to do this creatively, and I feel a solo Wolverine story needs to be told.'
That said, he won't absolutely rule out an 'X-cameo' or two.
'I'm not going to count anything out,' Jackman says, 'especially when it comes to any of the X-Men coming in.'
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/CityHome.asp?xfile=data/citytimes/2006/October/citytimes_October59.xml§ion=citytimes&col=
After three outings as the furry, antisocial Wolverine in the 'X-Men' movies, Jackman is enjoying playing roles that are so different. But unlike Sean Connery as James Bond or Christopher Reeve as Superman, he has no plans to turn his back on the role.
'I identify with the character of Wolverine,' he says. 'I can always identify with that feeling of being alienated. A lot of performers feel that way. Wolverine is 10 times that - he doesn't know his past, so there is a lot of pain. But there isn't a person on this planet who doesn't mask some kind of pain that comes out in behaviour in some way.'
So what sort of training does it take to turn a song-and-dance man - Jackman is currently touring Australia in his show 'The Boy from Oz,' playing fellow Aussie Peter Allen - into a razor-clawed, unstoppable mutant killing machine?
'If you walked into the gym, you wouldn't even recognize my personality, ' Jackman says cheerfully. 'I play angry heavy-metal music and crank it at the highest volume. I also scream and yell.'
The producers of the 'X-Men' movies swear that 'X-Men: The Last Stand' was indeed the team's final go-round, but Jackman is preparing to produce and star in his own spinoff film. It will be a prequel, he says, and the script is already on its third and final draft.
'I will do a Wolverine movie,' he says, 'because there is so much to still say about this character I love. I think of him in a Mad Max way. You still need to know what makes him kick. You don't know everything about him just yet, I promise.'
'X'-fans shouldn't expect to see much of Cyclops, Rogue, Storm or the rest, though.
'It has never been my intention to turn the Wolverine film into 'X-4,'' Jackman says. 'That would be cashing in on the spinoff, and I have no need to even do this movie from a financial standpoint - I have more money than I'll ever need. I need to do this creatively, and I feel a solo Wolverine story needs to be told.'
That said, he won't absolutely rule out an 'X-cameo' or two.
'I'm not going to count anything out,' Jackman says, 'especially when it comes to any of the X-Men coming in.'
