One cannot deny the fact that playing ‘Wolverine’ gave Hugh Jackman unfathomable fame and in no time he was a household name across the globe. The actor has already taken off the mantle but that doesn’t mean people will stop asking him questions about his ‘X-Men’ character that is etched in hearts. The actor over the past couple of weeks, as he is promoting his latest release ‘Reminiscence’, has been talking about ‘Logan’ a lot. And now he has made a shocking revelation.
Hugh Jackman was 32 when he joined the world of ‘Logan’ with ‘X-Men’ in 2000. The movie shaped his career going ahead and he played the character for almost 3 decades. But fame came as a bi-product, and his struggle till the release of Wolverine’s launch pad was immense.
Talking about the same he has now made a shocking revelation according to which over 47 minutes of his screen time from the Sony flick was cut out.
Yes, you read that just right. 47 minutes of Hugh Jackman’s screen time deleted from his launch pad as ‘Logan’! Talking to Collider, he was asked which is the film that was different when it was shot vs when it was released. He said, ” I’m probably speaking out of school, Steve. But a week before it came out, I think it was 47 minutes longer.”
Hugh Jackman added, “I may be exaggerating or under exaggerating… It was a lot. And maybe the week is an exaggeration, but I certainly… What we shot on, I remember going, ‘What happened to that scene and that character/ what? Wait, whoa.’ That movie from memory is about 100 minutes, I think. It was a lot longer, a lot longer, so that was definitely a big surprise to me.”
In the same interview, he was accompanied by ‘Reminiscence’ director Lisa Joy who was also surprised by this anecdote. She sarcastically demanded a full cut of ‘X-Men’ to release. But adding to that, Hugh Jackman spoke about the lesson he learned in the early days of his career. -Cinema Blend
