@@ronin1648🤣 At first I thought you wrote “Al” as in Blind Al and I was like, “She must have gotten her hands on some SERIOUS mutant cocaine to make her live THAT long! … Wait… ooohhhh… A. I.!!!” 🤣🤣🤣
Dick Nave 20th Century Fox owns the rights to all The Xmen not Marvel. Wolverine is just a Marvel Character. Marvel had to sell off a bunch of characters to companies to get money because they were bankrupt. Now ya know.
"I can't even show you the scars, for all the times I've tried to kill myself" damn that line was heavy as hell by Wolverine. Really wished they would have put that in the movie
@@umairashraf5167 i get where you're coming from, but then again, he's lived a very tough life and i wouldn't put self-destruction past him. it sounds like something he would share in an extreme moment. this is just my opinion tho, you are obviously free to have your own. as someone struggling with suicidal thoughts imagining wolverine having troubles with the same thing kind of gives me strength and courage, so i might be biased too.
The role was originally written for Russell Crowe, but he wasnt able to do it. Due to another project. So he recommended Hugh Jackman. The studio didnt want to hire Hugh because he was very unknown at the time. An they instead hired Dougray Scott who wasnt as well known, but he was relatively known & that's where studio was willing to compromise. But suddenly Dougray dropped out to do MI2. So the studio went back to Hugh offering him to come & audition. He almost didnt accept because his wife at the time Deborah told him not to take the role. That his character & the plot was ridiculous. But Hugh went with his gut & took on the role & history was made.
...so he almost didn’t audition because of his ex?...thank God he didn’t listen to the old lady and went...he landed the role of a lifetime that he’s now played for 25 years. There’s only been One Wolverine all these years and he’s played Logan perfectly.
@@Lonstermash he wasn't. It was supposed to be Dougray Scott but because of his injuries in the set of Mission Impossible 2, he had to dropped out. Then Bryan Singer wanted Russell Crowe for the part but Crowe decline as he thought that the role wasn't for him. Crowe suggested Hugh and Hugh was cast few weeks before filming
Nope. So hard to believe that he did NOT originally get the part. I talked about that with him during my interview with him a year ago here on my channel
Funny how before the movie cam out no one would think he would be able to play the role of wolverine, the last person you'd expect. Yet he does it almost perfectly
I would argue against that. I think he needs to be a lot more rabid. Jackman plays him like a rough cowboy. Singer is an awful director, Jackman was just Singers homoerotic version of Wolverine
***** i agree kinda BUT I think they made him the romantic lead for higher demographics(Women) wolverine origins but that's Singers fault/choice not Jackmans.
The title is misleading. This is a reading session, not an audition. With that in mind, Hugh Jackman is doing a fantastic job with the exploration of the Wolverine character (which is what you're supposed to do in a reading; the finalized portrayal happens during rehearsal). Also, he is NAILING the American accent!
He always does great with his American accent. When I interviewed him, a lot of people told me they forgot he was an Aussie. But Wolverine is actually Canadian, lol.
i am glad hugh jackman got the wolverine role because he embodies and captures his true essence and its fascinating to me how the most humble actor in hollywood is portraying the angriest characters ever created
Hugh Jackman IS Wolverine-his iconic portrayal has become synonymous with the character. Without him, the epic Deadpool & Wolverine movie and the iconic Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman bromance wouldn't exist. Jackman defined Wolverine, and no one else could ever match his impact.
I think most commenters here don't get how a real audition works. This is the beginning of character development. This is also why Brian Singer makes a shitload of money by first casting the right actor's for his movies.
Jackman could have played any hero and be great. You name it:Superman, Batman,...or James Bond, you name it. The guy looks like a hero in real life, he probably doesn't even have to work out more than he usually does. He wakes up,drinks a little coffe, and looks the part already. His Wolverine is amazing, the best.
Jackman does not fit everything, Superman is supposed to be a pretty man, Batman is supposed to be a rich man, Captain America is supposed to be a 40s looking person and etc
and when i mean pretty, i meant like those ones from the old times where the wanted face for a man is a big butt chin, visible cheek bones, blue eyes, etc
Shave him, comb his hair 40s style, and there you go...Jackman, Jackman, Jackman...Don't tell me Jackman couldn't play Superman at the drop of a hat, because he could.
it's pretty awesome seeing how different he sounds here compared to in the movie. You can hear his accent in some of these lines, but in the movie you can't even tell
I love that everyone is making the "did he get the part" joke. You all know he didn't get the part originally right? Dougray Scott did but had to pull out so he got it. Just funny lol.
RDJ is a legend for what he did for the MCU but Hugh’s been doing it for 3 times longer. I remember X-men was the first film I went to see in theaters. I came out of that movie asking my mom for chopsticks so I could use them as claws 😂😂😂
Kids today will have no clue. If we could go back in time and actually see how lucky we were to get this man. He was not appreciated at the time. But the live action role of Wolverine would not be anything without him.
It doesn't matter the audition reads, it doesn't matter how great the actor or actress- I always watch auditions and think to myself... "How the hell can they figure out the person is perfect in the part with that?" I'm not saying it's bad- not at all- but seeing so many people reading like that- with nothing else to play off of asides from someone just reading lines... like, he's definitely Wolverine/Logan- but watching this, before seeing him as Logan- I wouldn't have said "Yup! That's Wolverine!" LoL- I don't envy people who have to cast movies...
What really impressed me is Brian understands the character and the scene very well and explains them to Hugh who is also really open to understanding and changing to what he wants. (I love Hugh and he's a great actor but I just had the realization that Brian is doing really good)
@tsubasangel 7 years late, but here's by response. The director Brian singer knew the direction they were going with all the X-Men but wanted to treat the Wolverine character like a human with great flaws and traumatic, painful past that he's running from. Singer understood all of the comic characters meaning to that world because he was so tragic just like a lot of the X-Men are.
Right!! Im soooo god damn pissed at him for saying he wont play Wolverine anymore >_X He is the perfect embodiment of the real life version of Wolverine. Then again, I do understand why he is quieting, BUT STILL >_
WolfFireheart don't be be pissed man he gave 17 years and like 9 films portraying Wolverine. It's sad but glad he gave us a bunch of material. He will always be wolverine.
We will all miss him, but he is smart to go out while he's still on top. Now, if only I could get an audition, lol. Check out my interview here with him
They were taking a big gamble actually... since Wolverine is supposed to be far uglier and shorter than Hugh. But after 17 years as Wolverine, I think Hugh created an on-screen legend, regardless of what the goddamn fanboys say.
Hugh Jackman was perfectly cast as Logan / Wolverine and he was perfect for the role ! 😁 I cried so hard when i watched Logan because it was the last time we will see Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine and it was a fitting ending of the X-Men franchise . Its amazing how Logan has changed and progressed on his Journey from X-Men to Logan .
Damn! Hugh Jackman, other than being talented as hell, really has that IT factor, even back then. He just needed the right breakout role to bring that out of him. Ironic that back then, he was considered the last guy to play Wolverine due to his broadway experiences, now here we are, 2 and a 1/2 decades later. 😄
Hugh Jackman on Jimmy Fallon 2020: "My audition for Wolverine was 20 seconds" Everyone: "We've been watching your 10+ minute audition on RUclips for the past 10 years".
@@TobeyFan1984 yeah it's called a line reading. Not something that is often done with other actors. That is called a "rehearsal" or "table read" with other actors. He didn't do any actual rehearsing for that but instead was told to go get a trainer and get into the gym, lift, and get in really great shape. Of course, he thought it would only take a few weeks to get into "Wolverine" shape, but it was actually, normally about 8 months. Now he does what's called "dehydration" right before they start filming.
No shame on him if he doesn't get this role. I mean, it's Wolverine, one of the most legendary comic book characters. I will say though.. he really does fit the part, and seems motivated.
@@yeemcgee8149 Yeah this was the reading. Just to get a feel for the character and where he wanted it to go. The auditions already happened and he wowed the room when he came back for the second one, this after both Russell Crowe and Dougray Scott dropped it, and he was wearing sunglasses when he walked into the second one because it was a sunny day, and then he took off the glasses and to Bryan Singer that was the moment he just had a feeling that Hugh was their guy. He was good-looking, but he had this roughness about the character.
Hugh does the great improvisation using snark and in his eyes, you can see the expression of sadness that Logan does!!!! Ugh, he's AWESOME! He is THE WOLVERINE
Bryan Singer: I'm putting together a team of people with special abilities. See I believe a bigger enemy is coming and.... Hugh Jackman: Stop right there, I'm in.
AMEN to that!! Otherwise we would have missed out on Hugh playing the part (and my cosplay career would have never happened, lol). I discuss that with him in my interview a year ago
@@Lonstermash I actually think that Dougray wouldn't have done well and they would've actually recast to Hugh in the second one, or had Dougray fired and had Hugh come in, since that was who Bryan, the director, had wanted all along. And believe it, it does actually happen sometimes. James Cameron is well known for being a controller on set and if you don't like the tight ship he runs, he tells you to go home and the next day your stuffs loaded outside your trailer and someone else who looks a bit like you is begin brought in.
It was great that Bryan Singer took the time to give Hugh Jackman in-depth pointers into the psyche of Wolverine; probably a sign that he's already rooting for the guy to play the part. This is history, guys!
This footage is crazy to see now, i was obsessed w/ the first X-Men movie when it came out, and grew up watching the 90s cartoon. Coming back after Logan and Deadpool & Wolverine, seeing this first footage of Hugh mulling the character over in this audition....i can't describe the feeling it puts in me. Just thankful for this man and how he played this beloved character for so many years ❤
So you got the part FYI in 24 years you'll still be doing these films but with a funny red guy oh and yeah they keep going...till you're 90 at least so see you Monday!
The greatest Wolverine ever "BuT hE's ToO tAlL" tf outta here he got the core personality of the character, the feral screams and the look down so fucking right that i dont give af
@LisaMurphy No Lisa, he was explaining it to Hugh because Hugh didn't quite get the comics and didn't quite get the story. So this was a quick way of taking a shot at helping with a line reading, which is normally with the director and/or writers, to get him in that character and the feel of it. Kevin Conroy has an amazing interview with Michael Rosenbaum in which he details the whole process of first being casted as the Batman in the '92 animated show. How he was a nobody theater actor from New York who was classically trained in Shakespeare. From his classical experience, he was actually able to tap into this dark, brooding voice that he could go into because he understood the character from a personal perspective from his own experiences and he got it from a professional perspective as well. Knowing how he could approach this character like a great Greek tragic character.
THANK YOU! I´ve heard about this clip and wanted to see it a long time! He´s so beautiful it´s almost unbearable to watch him... It´s interesting to see it when we all know what a success the movies have been and what a STAR he is today!
@@nik123698 Apparently Hugh said yes if they would go in a grittier darker route instead of a cheesy cartoony one like before and they said you have no say in this and Hugh declined after that. Funny part is Hugh was right... years later that's what they did anyway and it took off.
the calendar saying 1999 is crazy time flies
Hes doing Wolverine until hes 90 :)
Literally the year I was born and he's still Wolverine
We almost ended the first quarter of the XXI century, and Hugh has been playing this character since the XX century.
Let that sink in.
Amazing to think the world was semi normal then. World Trade was still up.
@@narcissistically2461 Impressive indeed. Not as impressive as Mark Hamill playing Luke Skywalker in the 70s, and he's still Luke Skywalker.
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A big back of M A R V E L cash
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and soon with AI, for eternity
@@ronin1648🤣 At first I thought you wrote “Al” as in Blind Al and I was like, “She must have gotten her hands on some SERIOUS mutant cocaine to make her live THAT long! … Wait… ooohhhh… A. I.!!!” 🤣🤣🤣
he looks like James Deen in one angle lol.
I hope he gets the part!!
slinkyk3wl lol me too
sadly he doesnt get it
+slinkyk3wl hmm idk, i cant imagine this guy playing as wolverine
sarcastic?
yap
Marvel got dumb lucky to find Hugh Jackman, he IS Wolverine.
Dick Nave Especially after coming back as a bankrupt company on it first moments on foot.
True
Dick Nave 20th Century Fox owns the rights to all The Xmen not Marvel. Wolverine is just a Marvel Character. Marvel had to sell off a bunch of characters to companies to get money because they were bankrupt.
Now ya know.
Not according to purest fanboys. He's not the size of Danny DeVito... or as hairy, so automatically Hugh Jackman SUCKS.....
@@LukeLovesRose wolverine should have been short though, but not danny devito
"I can't even show you the scars, for all the times I've tried to kill myself" damn that line was heavy as hell by Wolverine. Really wished they would have put that in the movie
It does sound a bit melodramatic ,atleast to me, doesn't really really match with his personality
@@umairashraf5167 i get where you're coming from, but then again, he's lived a very tough life and i wouldn't put self-destruction past him. it sounds like something he would share in an extreme moment. this is just my opinion tho, you are obviously free to have your own. as someone struggling with suicidal thoughts imagining wolverine having troubles with the same thing kind of gives me strength and courage, so i might be biased too.
i mean, it's kind of in Logan
Disney would never add a line like that for their Wolverine in their MCU X-Men
Kind of too dark for the movie that was being made
The role was originally written for Russell Crowe, but he wasnt able to do it. Due to another project. So he recommended Hugh Jackman.
The studio didnt want to hire Hugh because he was very unknown at the time. An they instead hired Dougray Scott who wasnt as well known, but he was relatively known & that's where studio was willing to compromise. But suddenly Dougray dropped out to do MI2.
So the studio went back to Hugh offering him to come & audition. He almost didnt accept because his wife at the time Deborah told him not to take the role. That his character & the plot was ridiculous. But Hugh went with his gut & took on the role & history was made.
...so he almost didn’t audition because of his ex?...thank God he didn’t listen to the old lady and went...he landed the role of a lifetime that he’s now played for 25 years. There’s only been One Wolverine all these years and he’s played Logan perfectly.
@@vananon51I’m surprised he stayed with her for as long as he did. Dude wasted his prime.
@@user-tm6qh6mh3gwhat happened bw them? Didn't know it was anything bitter
thx god, Russell Crowe is a bad actor
@@user-tm6qh6mh3gIt was a mutually beneficial relationship that served it‘s purpose as in covering Jackman‘s "tendencies".
He is really handsome
Thank you
@@stigmurder99 you're welcome, Hugh x
Got me blushin 😳
Huge Jacked Man
The sky is blue
Wolverine did a great job playng Hugh Jackman!
So glad he got the role. He is perfect. He IS wolverine
But did you know he was NOT the original choice?? I talk about that with him in my interview a year ago
@@Lonstermash he wasn't. It was supposed to be Dougray Scott but because of his injuries in the set of Mission Impossible 2, he had to dropped out. Then Bryan Singer wanted Russell Crowe for the part but Crowe decline as he thought that the role wasn't for him. Crowe suggested Hugh and Hugh was cast few weeks before filming
I guess you could say he was the wrong guy...
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"Till he wasn't"
Some good lines in the latest movie and usually superhero films don't have many good lines
This man is beautiful.
Check out my interview with him a year ago
reminder
@@Lonstermashreminder for you too
@@14skoppy sure is. ruclips.net/video/L-fNT0ZPrSc/видео.htmlsi=CplzR9WVVAPzE4u8
@@14skoppyoh I remember,, rest assured
And now we cannot imagine another person who could have played this iconic role
Nope. So hard to believe that he did NOT originally get the part. I talked about that with him during my interview with him a year ago here on my channel
Joaquin Phoenix
Cavilrine
Pffff hell no. He doesn't have the face for it. @chiefyt9250
the cavilrine the legends are true...
Funny how before the movie cam out no one would think he would be able to play the role of wolverine, the last person you'd expect. Yet he does it almost perfectly
I would argue against that. I think he needs to be a lot more rabid. Jackman plays him like a rough cowboy. Singer is an awful director, Jackman was just Singers homoerotic version of Wolverine
Almost perfect? No, he IS perfect
PurplePyroPirate Pretty sure he has been taller in action cartoons and no one complained then
***** i agree kinda BUT I think they made him the romantic lead for higher demographics(Women) wolverine origins but that's Singers fault/choice not Jackmans.
i figured it be him everyone else was to old, or too tall
Love how sarcastically he says "Logan, what's yours?"
The title is misleading. This is a reading session, not an audition. With that in mind, Hugh Jackman is doing a fantastic job with the exploration of the Wolverine character (which is what you're supposed to do in a reading; the finalized portrayal happens during rehearsal). Also, he is NAILING the American accent!
He always does great with his American accent. When I interviewed him, a lot of people told me they forgot he was an Aussie. But Wolverine is actually Canadian, lol.
Canadian accent 😎😎😎🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
@@Lonstermash True, he's supposed to have a real neutral tone though in the comics.
Who's here after Deadpool & Wolverine!!LFG
Yep 😄✊🏻
us
Hahaha... thought I was alone
Present!!!
Seeing this is pretty cool though
i am glad hugh jackman got the wolverine role because he embodies and captures his true essence and its fascinating to me how the most humble actor in hollywood is portraying the angriest characters ever created
Well said !
Keanu Reeves is the most humble 😌
Hugh Jackman IS Wolverine-his iconic portrayal has become synonymous with the character. Without him, the epic Deadpool & Wolverine movie and the iconic Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman bromance wouldn't exist. Jackman defined Wolverine, and no one else could ever match his impact.
relax
I think most commenters here don't get how a real audition works. This is the beginning of character development. This is also why Brian Singer makes a shitload of money by first casting the right actor's for his movies.
interesting.
They really don’t
I'm pretty sure he made a shit ton of money running young boys in hollywood before he got caught.
Flew over their head, this person 😂
Jackman could have played any hero and be great. You name it:Superman, Batman,...or James Bond, you name it. The guy looks like a hero in real life, he probably doesn't even have to work out more than he usually does. He wakes up,drinks a little coffe, and looks the part already. His Wolverine is amazing, the best.
Jackman does not fit everything, Superman is supposed to be a pretty man, Batman is supposed to be a rich man, Captain America is supposed to be a 40s looking person and etc
Jackman fits everything you said...he's pretty, rich, in his 40s...hence, my point is valid.
you really didnt understand "average 40s person" i should have made it "1940s" lol xd
and when i mean pretty, i meant like those ones from the old times where the wanted face for a man is a big butt chin, visible cheek bones, blue eyes, etc
Shave him, comb his hair 40s style, and there you go...Jackman, Jackman, Jackman...Don't tell me Jackman couldn't play Superman at the drop of a hat, because he could.
He seems like a neat guy. Hope he gets the job
Really rooting for this guy. Lol.
This guy will never pull it off.
@@bluesummers5051 years later and he was lmao
@@luvmadzz21..
dafne keen did
When he first told Rogue his name was Logan, I was gobsmacked that we had a live action Wolverine. That's when it really hit me.
The Cage Fight Scene got me
This is WOLVERINE
Reminds me of a young Clint Eastwood.
Holy shit, you just blew my mind.
appropriate since Wolverine in the comics is Clint Eastwood with claws.
Was wishing they would cast Clint as old man Logan in Days of Future Past. How epic would that be. Clint with Sir Ian Mckellen and Patrick Stewart
thats why clint's son should pick up the roll
LEGENDARY CJ Clint’s son has the fathers look and the mothers charisma and voice. When Clint WAS his voice and charisma his son then has nothing
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it's pretty awesome seeing how different he sounds here compared to in the movie. You can hear his accent in some of these lines, but in the movie you can't even tell
I love that everyone is making the "did he get the part" joke. You all know he didn't get the part originally right? Dougray Scott did but had to pull out so he got it. Just funny lol.
Hellopleesh I actually thought he got the part lol cz the director said he offered Hugh the role on the spot in comic con
That's right, but he was lucky to have a good manager to send him when they were under the wire.
I knew this and actually discussed it with Hugh when I interviewed him last year. Check out my interview video on my channel
nope. My video with Hugh explains how he got the part. It is a very heart warming story
And he had another stroke of luck. Check out my interview with him to find out what it was
RDJ is a legend for what he did for the MCU but Hugh’s been doing it for 3 times longer. I remember X-men was the first film I went to see in theaters. I came out of that movie asking my mom for chopsticks so I could use them as claws 😂😂😂
It really does feel like Wolverine is immortal, because this guy has played the role for about a thousand years lol
god he's so adorable
until you're 90.... until you're 90.
Kids today will have no clue. If we could go back in time and actually see how lucky we were to get this man. He was not appreciated at the time. But the live action role of Wolverine would not be anything without him.
Auditions always seem so awkward.
haha especially a guy reads the rogue part lol
Except Jim Carrey
raikiribreak the guy is Singer.
Ash White *whooosh*
It doesn't matter the audition reads, it doesn't matter how great the actor or actress- I always watch auditions and think to myself...
"How the hell can they figure out the person is perfect in the part with that?"
I'm not saying it's bad- not at all- but seeing so many people reading like that- with nothing else to play off of asides from someone just reading lines... like, he's definitely Wolverine/Logan- but watching this, before seeing him as Logan- I wouldn't have said "Yup! That's Wolverine!"
LoL- I don't envy people who have to cast movies...
When he said "I didn't know where these came from" I really thought his claws were going to fly out
I cant stop looking at him , he's gorgeous o_O And I think Im looking at Logan the whole time, I forget he's Hugh Jackman, incredible actor
He is such a beautiful man
Uh, he is soo young in this video
I know right ? I think it partly has to do with the lack of facial hair, but still..
I think he's 30 in the video. Young indeed.
lol thats not young
BoggessBroadway a little young
BoggessBroadway That's pretty young by today's standards
Who come here after watching Deadpool & Wolverine?
😎
Thought there’d be more of us on this island lol I’d never seen this before. 🎉
I never search but automatically pops up 😄
Hugh and Wolverine, a match made in comic book heaven
Is it just me or does Rogue kind of sound manly in this?
Singer is reading Rogue's lines
RobsReviews thanks captain obvious, it was a fucking joke
David Sosa I don't know if you're just trolling or if you really are stupid but that was a joke he told.
Hahaha
omfg, I'm dying here 😂😂😂😂
What really impressed me is Brian understands the character and the scene very well and explains them to Hugh who is also really open to understanding and changing to what he wants. (I love Hugh and he's a great actor but I just had the realization that Brian is doing really good)
@tsubasangel 7 years late, but here's by response. The director Brian singer knew the direction they were going with all the X-Men but wanted to treat the Wolverine character like a human with great flaws and traumatic, painful past that he's running from.
Singer understood all of the comic characters meaning to that world because he was so tragic just like a lot of the X-Men are.
Dang he was so young. 🥲 I was just a kid back then. Time really flew.
he is just too perfect for wolverine cast.i would hate to see anyone replacing him.
Agreed, but I'd sure like an audition
RIP Logan, 1832-2029
Wait what?
Or so we thought 💯💯💯
Bye bye bye!
1999-2018 actually 😂 then born again 😂
I bet he never knew this character would take him this far
0:14 Classic bryan singer 🤣
😂🤣
I think Hugh is too old for him though
Lil did they know, he'd be THE one and ONLY Wolverine!
Right!!
Im soooo god damn pissed at him for saying he wont play Wolverine anymore >_X
He is the perfect embodiment of the real life version of Wolverine.
Then again, I do understand why he is quieting, BUT STILL >_
WolfFireheart don't be be pissed man he gave 17 years and like 9 films portraying Wolverine. It's sad but glad he gave us a bunch of material. He will always be wolverine.
We will all miss him, but he is smart to go out while he's still on top. Now, if only I could get an audition, lol. Check out my interview here with him
Check out my interview with him
They were taking a big gamble actually... since Wolverine is supposed to be far uglier and shorter than Hugh. But after 17 years as Wolverine, I think Hugh created an on-screen legend, regardless of what the goddamn fanboys say.
I love the emotion in this audition.
Hugh Jackman was perfectly cast as Logan / Wolverine and he was perfect for the role ! 😁 I cried so hard when i watched Logan because it was the last time we will see Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine and it was a fitting ending of the X-Men franchise .
Its amazing how Logan has changed and progressed on his Journey from X-Men to Logan .
Damn! Hugh Jackman, other than being talented as hell, really has that IT factor, even back then. He just needed the right breakout role to bring that out of him.
Ironic that back then, he was considered the last guy to play Wolverine due to his broadway experiences, now here we are, 2 and a 1/2 decades later. 😄
I've been watching Hugh Jackman in Xmen since his first movie and I'M JUST NOW FINDING OUT HIS TRUE ACCENT IS AUSTRALIAN?!
Parsifal It’s okay. I grew up watching those movies and I only found out a few months ago that he’s Australian.
He is Australian actor lol.
I can't tell you, but it does rhyme with polverine. And let me tell you, he's gotta nice pair of smooth criminals down unda!
Hugh Jackman on Jimmy Fallon 2020: "My audition for Wolverine was 20 seconds"
Everyone: "We've been watching your 10+ minute audition on RUclips for the past 10 years".
This is him reading lines, after he auditioned
@@TobeyFan1984 yeah it's called a line reading. Not something that is often done with other actors. That is called a "rehearsal" or "table read" with other actors. He didn't do any actual rehearsing for that but instead was told to go get a trainer and get into the gym, lift, and get in really great shape.
Of course, he thought it would only take a few weeks to get into "Wolverine" shape, but it was actually, normally about 8 months. Now he does what's called "dehydration" right before they start filming.
No shame on him if he doesn't get this role. I mean, it's Wolverine, one of the most legendary comic book characters. I will say though.. he really does fit the part, and seems motivated.
Guy: "Wolverine is a bit shy"
Me: sobbing "I love you…"
This is more like a cold-read than an audition.
That's how a conversation with real wolverine would probably go 😂
@@yeemcgee8149 Yeah this was the reading. Just to get a feel for the character and where he wanted it to go.
The auditions already happened and he wowed the room when he came back for the second one, this after both Russell Crowe and Dougray Scott dropped it, and he was wearing sunglasses when he walked into the second one because it was a sunny day, and then he took off the glasses and to Bryan Singer that was the moment he just had a feeling that Hugh was their guy.
He was good-looking, but he had this roughness about the character.
Who come here after watching Logan? :((
HaTri me :(
Me
I came here after watching all X men movies
After watch Deadpool and Wolverine!
I'm here after watching Avengers: Secret Wars
That movie sucked ass
It was just cameo after cameo after cameo
Hugh does the great improvisation using snark and in his eyes, you can see the expression of sadness that Logan does!!!! Ugh, he's AWESOME! He is THE WOLVERINE
Bryan Singer: I'm putting together a team of people with special abilities. See I believe a bigger enemy is coming and....
Hugh Jackman: Stop right there, I'm in.
Thank GOD! that Dougray Scott was doing MI2 and couldnt take the part.
ooh yyeessss oh yesss
AMEN to that!! Otherwise we would have missed out on Hugh playing the part (and my cosplay career would have never happened, lol). I discuss that with him in my interview a year ago
@@Lonstermash I actually think that Dougray wouldn't have done well and they would've actually recast to Hugh in the second one, or had Dougray fired and had Hugh come in, since that was who Bryan, the director, had wanted all along.
And believe it, it does actually happen sometimes.
James Cameron is well known for being a controller on set and if you don't like the tight ship he runs, he tells you to go home and the next day your stuffs loaded outside your trailer and someone else who looks a bit like you is begin brought in.
Fingers crossed he owns the role, see you in 20 years
here from Logan anyone?
LanceAlot Ent. this is gonna get a ton of view just because of the Logan trailer.
LanceAlot Ent. i really hope they dont recast a wolverine. No one can play wolverine after hugh jackman
sure someone can. people just won't accept it until they get used to the idea.
LanceAlot Ent. yeah..watched the film times
Here after Deadpool and Wolverine. Even now he’s the only Wolverine.
Every movie Hugh played in outside of an x-men film....always felt like he was still Wolverine
It was great that Bryan Singer took the time to give Hugh Jackman in-depth pointers into the psyche of Wolverine; probably a sign that he's already rooting for the guy to play the part. This is history, guys!
1:44 Wow that was dark.
Wow look at the 1999 calendar. I was 10. The good old days
This guy is so good you know he is perfect for the role.
HUGH JACKMAN SHOULD BE THE NEW INDIANA JONES
I sure hope he gets the part, he seems like a good guy
Hugh will be Wolverine forever.
who just watched deadpool and wolverine lol, and ye he doing this till he 90 deadass
The story I heard was that he was applying for the role but they said he was too tall to be Wolverine so he slouched down on his seat! GOLD!
Fingers crossed he gets the part and is wolverine for so long like 24 years and he even gets a film with Deadpool!!!
Dude you predicted the future
@@FVine They were just joking
He also did great in Van Helsing movie
now watching this audition made me realize how broody and heavy Hugh sounds in 2024.
Love how he can just switch back and fourth between his accent and his american one...love him btw
What's crazy is this didn't even get him the part. A scheduling conflict meant we got this amazing man
This footage is crazy to see now, i was obsessed w/ the first X-Men movie when it came out, and grew up watching the 90s cartoon. Coming back after Logan and Deadpool & Wolverine, seeing this first footage of Hugh mulling the character over in this audition....i can't describe the feeling it puts in me. Just thankful for this man and how he played this beloved character for so many years ❤
It doesn’t feel like auditioning, it feels like Logan just talking about himself.
its just awesome, we love u Hugh
Nature Made Me A Freak.
Man Made Me A Weapon.
God Made It Last Too Long...
This man is so immensely talented
Damn he was so young
This guy looks very promising, if he gets this role it will be a success.
Anyone here 2024 after
DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE
So you got the part FYI in 24 years you'll still be doing these films but with a funny red guy oh and yeah they keep going...till you're 90 at least so see you Monday!
Who came after watching LOGAN
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Damn, history being created here. They don't even know it.
I love his magnetic voice💋💋💋❤️❤️❤️
Absolutely born to play this role. He's so great!
The greatest Wolverine ever "BuT hE's ToO tAlL" tf outta here he got the core personality of the character, the feral screams and the look down so fucking right that i dont give af
Exactly
You never know what life hides for you
Cool 17 years, Hugh...
he has puppy eyes
perfect audition
he's sooo hooot makes me wanna go to australia...
The director talks too much and doesn't really make his point well. Hugh is being amazingly patient.
@LisaMurphy No Lisa, he was explaining it to Hugh because Hugh didn't quite get the comics and didn't quite get the story. So this was a quick way of taking a shot at helping with a line reading, which is normally with the director and/or writers, to get him in that character and the feel of it.
Kevin Conroy has an amazing interview with Michael Rosenbaum in which he details the whole process of first being casted as the Batman in the '92 animated show. How he was a nobody theater actor from New York who was classically trained in Shakespeare.
From his classical experience, he was actually able to tap into this dark, brooding voice that he could go into because he understood the character from a personal perspective from his own experiences and he got it from a professional perspective as well. Knowing how he could approach this character like a great Greek tragic character.
He was 30 here. Little did he know... beginning of the next 60 years...
The way he says "Forest".
25 years later and we still love him ♥️
He's not really changed much has he?! We still see that same old Hugh! Love him!
THANK YOU! I´ve heard about this clip and wanted to see it a long time! He´s so beautiful it´s almost unbearable to watch him... It´s interesting to see it when we all know what a success the movies have been and what a STAR he is today!
Imagine him as James Bond...
They did approach him but he refused
He'd be great as Bond
@@nik123698 Apparently Hugh said yes if they would go in a grittier darker route instead of a cheesy cartoony one like before and they said you have no say in this and Hugh declined after that. Funny part is Hugh was right... years later that's what they did anyway and it took off.