The Wolverine - Movie Thread (07/26/13) - Trailers on page 7

Hugh Jackman Reveals: It Takes a Lot of Chicken to Become Wolverine

Never doubt Hugh Jackman's commitment to his work – if he has to force down a lot of bland food in order to be Wolverine, then that's what he's going to do!

Jackman has now revealed just how hard it is to prepare himself to play the blade-knuckled mutant in the "X-Men" franchise. Not only did Jackman go through a punishing workout routine to get himself in shape for his character's upcoming solo effort, "The Wolverine," he had to pile on the calories, which isn’t as much fun as it sounds.

"You actually have to eat a LOT, and I'm quite a skinny person," Jackman said in an interview with Sirius XM satellite radio. "So I'm eating ridiculous amounts of food. I quite like everything I ate, but it’s more bland. Chicken breasts, but steamed, no salt. And steamed spinach."

According to Jackman, timing is everything when he's pouring on those calories. "When you're bulking, you're just eating so much food," Jackman said. "What I do is I eat in an eight hour period, it's all the rage this diet now. It's called the 16-8 diet. For sixteen hours of the day, I fast, so I don't eat. Between ten in the morning and six o'clock at night … I eat 5,000 calories. And then I eat nothing … it's more about, 'This is a disgusting amount of food, I can't eat another bite.' I literally talk to myself like I'm training – 'One more mouthful, c'mon man! You can do it! Just one more mouthful! Half a chicken breast to go and then you've got it! Just two meals left!'"

Adding to the challenge is the fact Jackman began work on "The Wolverine" not long after he wrapped up his role as Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables," where he fasted and cut back on his water intake in order to capture the character's physical transformation as he wasted away during the course of the story. Between the physical and emotional toll the role on Jackman, he said it was his toughest job to date.

Though Jackman cited "The Wolverine" and "Les Miserables" as his two most physically challenging roles, surprisingly his turn in the Broadway musical "The Boy From Oz," in which he played Australian singer and songwriter Peter Allen, comes in a close third. "Playing Peter Allen eight shows a week on Broadway, that was twenty songs a night, that was up there for me," Jackman said. "By the time I finished that year, I had stress fractures in my feet, I was having to ice four times a day. That was pretty arduous."

But anyone who has seen the very buff Jackman in the stills released from "The Wolverine" can see all of Jackman's hard work and chicken-scarfing has paid off. And Queen of All Media Oprah Winfrey added her two cents when she posted a pic on Instagram of her and Jackman together after an interview over lunch, with her hand casually resting on his stomach. "Having lunch convo with #HughJackman," Winfrey wrote. "Omg those abs are Real!"
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I swear, they better not mess this up. The Logan-Japanese story line is among my top 2-3 comic story lines... I will be pissed if I get some Bryan Singer/Brett Ratner schlockfest... The last Wolverine movie was serviceable (even though it had Ryan Reynolds), but for me all the X-Men movies were bad. Couldn't even finish any of them except for Origins...
 
psk2310 said:
I swear, they better not mess this up. The Logan-Japanese story line is among my top 2-3 comic story lines... I will be pissed if I get some Bryan Singer/Brett Ratner schlockfest... The last Wolverine movie was serviceable (even though it had Ryan Reynolds), but for me all the X-Men movies were bad. Couldn't even finish any of them except for Origins...
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You might be coming to the film already disappointed if you do not forget about Logans Japanese journey from the comic right off the bat. At this point, I might even suggest coming to the theater to watch an action film instead of a comic book adaptation.
 
RFX45 said:
psk2310 said:
I swear, they better not mess this up. The Logan-Japanese story line is among my top 2-3 comic story lines... I will be pissed if I get some Bryan Singer/Brett Ratner schlockfest... The last Wolverine movie was serviceable (even though it had Ryan Reynolds), but for me all the X-Men movies were bad. Couldn't even finish any of them except for Origins...
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You might be coming to the film already disappointed if you do not forget about Logans Japanese journey from the comic right off the bat. At this point, I might even suggest coming to the theater to watch an action film instead of a comic book adaptation.
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I should've went into detail about what it is that I would like from this film. Changing up the story/canon is fine, I just want a good story/script. Is it to much to ask for a good movie? The powers that be started heading towards that direction with Origins/Wolverine & First Class (both weren't great, but serviceable). I want this film to be more that the aforementioned. I want a great movie about a beloved comic character.
 
I'm with you, I just want a story that does the character justice. Really sounds simple in concept but much, much harder to pull off sadly. Not to mention Wolverine is such a beloved character that every little problem or error will be magnified significantly. I really just hope for the best.
 
I feel like this movie can deliver I mean its conveniently coming out a year before DoFP...hmmm
 
Best trailer so far, if it can actually stay that kind of tone through out the film, we might finally have a good Wolverine film
 
36hypno said:
sorianotron said:
If this gets an R rating....we might be on to something.....
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Too many toys to sell and its a suppose to tie in elements of DOFP so I doubt it. That would make one heck of a difference though.
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Take it for what it is...

The Wolverine Director Cements Stand-Alone Nature of the Movie

It has been known for quite some time that the upcoming film The Wolverine would stand apart from the other "X-Men" films and even 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Instead of offering up a true sequel to either of those, the filmmakers opted to create a stand-alone story that simply fits into the narrative of this universe that has already been created.

After X-Men: Days of Future Past was announced, rumors began to circulate that the two movies would gain a connection in the form of a post-credits scene. Now, seemingly in response to the rumors, The Wolverine director James Mangold is standing firm in his original position that the movie stands apart from any other X-films.

“Bryan and I have talked and he’s seen what we’ve done,” Mangold told SFX. “Clearly the reality is that we are all trying to work together and make things groove together. But the trick is we were making our movie before Bryan came on and before I knew what they were up to in that film. Our agenda was always our agenda and our movie stands alone, so the journey we take Logan on in The Wolverine, we bring to a close.”

We can trust Mangold that the story in his film does come to a close, but it seems to be a smokescreen to cover up information that has already been disseminated. What do you think about the director's comments?
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Don't films get away with R-Rated stuff in PG-13 movies already? Would the rating matter that much? If so, I guess everyone wants this movie to be on the level of Wolverine Max comic book, lol.
 
Fozzy Badfeet said:
Don't films get away with R-Rated stuff in PG-13 movies already? Would the rating matter that much? If so, I guess everyone wants this movie to be on the level of Wolverine Max comic book, lol.
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Rating does matter because parents still wants to bring their kids in PG13 films and that translate to bigger box office numbers. They can also get away with more gore and violence in a R-rated film and with Wolverine, that could just be awesome.
 
Not gonna lie. For all the trash I've talked about the Wolverine "franchise," I have to acknowledge my enjoyment of that trailer. The skeptic inside me still says this movie will let me down...

That was a cold-*** trailer, though. :nerd:
 
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