When a director such as Darren Aronofsky signs up to direct a film such as The Wolverine, you know things are likely to be different. Hugh Jackman has been revealing just how different it might be…
Heading into production later this year, The Wolverine might just be the movie that Hugh Jackman's character has been waiting for. Jackman has played Wolverine in four films, spanning over a decade, yet only now is he saying, "I feel like all the planets are finally aligned to make a great movie."
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Jackman says, "We finally have the character," and recalls when he was reading as many X-Men comics as possible during the production of Bryan Singer's original film. Specifically, he cites the moment where he chatted to producer Lauren Shuler Donner, where he said, "Lauren, I don't know about you, but I've seen this Japanese story, and I think it's so good. It's just genius, it's brilliant."
And it's the Japanese arc that's forming the basis for the upcoming movie, The Wolverine.
As part of the movie, Jackman is also bulking up a lot more than we're used to seeing. He revealed that he's on a 6,000 calorie a day diet right now, in preparation for the role. "I don't know how much I want to give away about it, but Darren said with the last one, ‘Hey, you looked great, but you're so tall that in those long shots you looked kind of like Clint Eastwood, and that's not Wolverine.' He said that Wolverine, in the comics, is powerful, stocky, you know. He's short and thick. So, he said, ‘I want you to go there, get bigger.'"
Once Aronofsky is through with the awards circuit for his latest movie, Black Swan, it sounds like it's full steam ahead on The Wolverine. Once we have a firm release date for the movie, we'll pass it your way.
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