Hugh Jackman Found an Outlet for His Inner Darkness on the Sets of Deadpool & Wolverine, Claims the Film Saved Him “a Fortune in Therapy”
- Hugh Jackman talks about his experience of working on Deadpool & Wolverine.
- Shawn Levy explains how the movie turned out to be therapeutic for Hugh Jackman.
- Ryan Reynolds admits to never feeling free than when he plays Deadpool.
Marvel Studios’ highly anticipated movie Deadpool & Wolverine was recently released, which not only showcased Deadpool teaming up with Wolverine but also the return of Hugh Jackman as a fan-favorite character after seven years. Directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay he co-wrote with Ryan Reynolds, Rhette Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells.
Deadpool & Wolverine became the first R-rated movie in the MCU and, upon release, received positive comments from critics and the audience. A lot of other actors from the X-Men films before Marvel productions also made a cameo in the movie, which reportedly serves as a farewell to Fox’s Marvel movies. Hugh Jackman shared in an interview that Deadpool & Wolverine saved him a lot of therapy money.
Hugh Jackman talks about Deadpool & Wolverine being therapeutic for him
Ahead of the release of the highly anticipated Marvel movie Deadpool & Wolverine, actor Hugh Jackman, along with Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy, appeared for an interview with Fox 5 Washington. The host asked the actors about how they still find playing the characters they have been playing on-screen cathartic and therapeutic.
Jackman, who has played the character of Wolverine since 2000’s X-Men, said,
This saved me a fortune in therapy. I mean, there’s all over the city; there’s anger rooms people go and smash the shit out of. If you pay for an hour, you put on a helmet, and I’m like, I am sorry, I’m getting paid a lot of money to do this for three months at a time and weigh one of your best friends.
Apart from joking, Jackman added that he has always felt that there are roles that come into one’s life for a reason, to occupy them for a reason and teach them something that helps them in bringing out something about them on the surface. The actor noted that he was barely in trouble at school, but he has been playing Wolverine for so long, noting that there is a part of him in there.
Shawn Levy added that he believes everyone has some sort of darkness in them and everyone has that inexpressible or you cannot express your rage feeling that was taught while growing up. Levy added that the anger is to be contained, and so according to him, Hugh Jackman found this vehicle for all that darkness, and everyone loves it because it’s a freedom for all the darker sides.
Upon asking Reynolds, he said that he has never felt freer than when he is playing Deadpool. He added that he thinks that it’s the mast and under the mask is another mask, and he feels free, and he loves clown work. Ryan Reynolds noted that clown work is an underrated profession, which is very hard to pull off, but he loves it.
Levy added that he wants everyone to imagine any other movie star, a job that is defined by the face, and take that way and have them carry a movie and hold the screen. He concluded that is what Reynolds does as Deadpool.
Hugh Jackman says his experience with Deadpool & Wolverine validated his comeback
At the Shanghai fan event via CBR, Hugh Jackman spoke about his official entry as Wolverine in the MCU. He also acknowledged that his experience working on Deadpool & Wolverine has validated his return to the character after seven years. He said,
The experience of making the movie was also one of the greatest of my career, and I’ve been playing Wolverine for 25 years. This experience exceeded anything I’ve done before as this character and in many other movies, in anything. I loved it.
Jackman shared with the audience at the fan event that one can feel the warmth when watching the movie. He noted there is warmth; it is funny and irreverent, and the action is crazy, but one can feel the friendship through the screen. He had also mentioned that Deadpool & Wolverine is going to showcase a side of Wolverine he has never played on-screen, which challenged him as an actor and excited him.
The actor pointed out that because of Deadpool, fans are going to see a fuller, different side to him than what they have seen till now.
Deadpool & Wolverine is playing in cinemas.
