Hugh Jackman described the feeling of loneliness he felt on the set of X-Men in 2000, while playing the role of Wolverine.
The acting career of this Australian is long and has great successes, but it is very sure that he will always be remembered as Logan, the badass mutant of Marvel’s claws. But as endearing as Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is, the actor recently revealed feeling lonely on the set of the first X-Men movie.
Don’t stop reading: How Wolverine saved Hugh Jackman from deportation
In an interview with The New York Times, Jackman commented that, in his beginnings in the cinema, where one of his first films was X-Men, he felt lonely due to his theatrical roots. Let us remember that in 1995, after graduating as an actor, one of his first roles was as Gastón in a musical of Beauty and the Beast.
In fact, musical theater has been one of the veins that has best exploited, both in theaters and in cinema. He has even won two Tony Awards and could soon win a third for The Music Man. He also acted in the 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les Miserables and 2017’s The Greatest Showman.
This is how Hugh Jackman narrated his feelings when playing Wolverine in X-Men
This was what the actor declared to the aforementioned newspaper:
“There were times when I was making the first X-Men, my first big American movie, when I was pretty lonely. It was mostly coming from the theater, and you could get that feeling of ‘this is not for me’. I don’t know exactly when things changed, but when the studio said they liked what I was doing, I could feel everyone reaching out to me. It saddened me. I realized that cinema is more individual, less of a group. The theater is nourished by a feeling of the whole, it is indispensable, or it dies. There is no way to beat the rehearsals, or the eight weekly performances…”.
He goes on to mention that, “Although he felt lonely during the filming of the first X-Men movie, that experience motivates him to this day to make sure he does everything he can to create an open and supportive work environment in the film. stage, whether in the cinema or theater.
Sources: The New York Times and Screen Rant
Logan was part of one of the wildest X-Men teams and is waiting for you in our online store:
Marvel Golden Edition – Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender Book 2
All life on Earth will be lost unless the secret X-Force team acts… and fast!
The Age of Archangel! X-Force must return to the twisted Age of Apocalypse to prevent his friend Angel from transforming into the monstrous Archangel, heir to Apocalypse. But perhaps the secret team of mutants has arrived too late: has Archangel already ascended? If that’s true, all life on Earth will be lost unless X-Force can stop Archangel…or destroy him! Enjoy this acclaimed saga written by superstar Rick Remender (Deadly Class, Tokyo Ghost) and some of the best artists in the comics industry today!
Collects Uncanny X-Force (2010) #10-19.
Also being read:
Robert Downey Jr. congratulates Bridger the hero boy
Kris Jenner and Captain Marvel star in the crossover that everyone is talking about!
Marvel confirms the arrival of its first transgender superheroine
Elsa Pataky reveals what she admires most about Chris Hemsworth
Children get stung by a black widow for wanting to be Spider-Man