I decided I wanted to be a chef on a plane. As a boy, I’d always had an interest in theater. But the idea at my school was that drama and music were to round out the man. I got over that. I found the courage to stand up and say, ‘I want to do it’.” After completing “The Journey”, he was offered a role on the popular soap opera Neighbours but turned it down to attend the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts of Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia, from which he graduated in 1994. Wolverine was tough for Jackman to portray because he had few lines, but a lot of emotion to convey in them. To prepare, he watched Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry movies and Mel Gibson in Road Warrior. “Here were guys who had relatively little dialogue, like Wolverine had, but you knew and felt everything.

Paul Bettany Cast Opposite Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables Movie! And the inspired casting just keeps on coming!We reported last week that Hugh Jackman was in negotiations to star in director Tom Hooper’s upcoming musical adaptation of Les Misérables as protagonist Jean Valjean, and now, we’ve gotten word that Paul Bettany may be taking on the role of the film’s villain, Inspector Javert!Sources close to [...] [link]

Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor and producer who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television. He is known for his role as Wolverine in the X-Men series, as well as for his leads in Kate & Leopold, Van Helsing, The Prestige, and Australia. After Correlli Jackman went on the stage in Melbourne. in 1996, Jackman played Gaston in the local Walt Disney production of Beauty and the Beast, and Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard.

Hugh Jackman: ‘Wolverine shoots in October’ Hugh Jackman has confirmed ‘The Wolverine’ will begin shooting in October, but has not revealed who will direct. Hugh Jackman will start shooting ‘The… [link]