{"id":103236,"date":"2017-05-20T02:23:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T06:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=103236"},"modified":"2017-05-20T02:23:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T06:23:19","slug":"hugh-jackmans-secret-he-didnt-know-wolverines-are-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/20\/hugh-jackmans-secret-he-didnt-know-wolverines-are-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Jackman’s secret? He didn’t know wolverines are real"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After playing Wolverine in nine movies, Hugh Jackman arguably knows more about the superhero than anyone. But that wasn’t always the case. (Photo: Hugh Jackman\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 After playing Wolverine in nine movies, Hugh Jackman arguably knows more about the superhero than anyone. But that wasn’t always the case.<\/p>\n

He recalls researching the animal when he first got the role and being somewhat mistaken about the character. For one thing, he had no idea that a wolverine is a real creature.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn’t even know there was a wolverine. I literally, embarrassingly did about two weeks of research on wolves. I was rehearsing for three weeks and I was shooting, so I was kind of on my own. I remember going past an IMAX in Toronto, and there was an IMAX documentary about wolves, and so I thought, ‘I’ll go and see that,\u201d’ Jackman said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

When they stared shooting 2000’s \u201cX-Men,\u201d director Bryan Singer noticed something wasn’t right with Jackman’s performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, ‘Are you sort of walking funny, what’s going on?’ And I said, ‘I’ve been doing this thing with wolves,’ and he goes, ‘You know you’re not a wolf, right?\u201d’ Jackman recalled.<\/p>\n

The actor was gently told he was to portray a wolverine, not a wolf. \u201cI said, ‘Well, there’s no such thing as a wolverine,\u201d’ Jackman said. Singer responded: \u201c’Go to the zoo, dude.’ I literally didn’t know it existed,\u201d Jackman said.<\/p>\n

A wolverine is a mammal that resembles a small bear but is actually the largest member of the weasel family. The Wolverine that Jackman plays onscreen is a mutant born with super-human senses and the power to heal from almost any wound.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Jackman marked the character’s final performance in \u201cLogan,\u201d and is now promoting the film’s special treatment \u201cLogan Noir,\u201d with a black-and-white version of the film in theatres ahead of the DVD release.<\/p>\n

While \u201cLogan\u201d takes on a grittier look and feel than the other movies of the franchise, director James Mangold, who also co-wrote the screenplay, wanted the story to be more sentimental.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the very beginning when we set out to make the movie, the one thing we knew is that we wanted to make a movie about family,\u201d he said. \u201cNot the kind with a girlfriend or a wife, but the kind where it’s forever, and it’s you child, or it’s your father.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLogan\u201d and \u201cLogan Noir\u201d are currently playing in theatres, and will be available on DVD May 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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