
Last updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2009
HUGH JACKMAN bulked up to play muscle-bound mutant WOLVERINE in the new X-MEN movie, by getting into character in the gym.
Hugh Jackman in a scene from 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'
The actor's buff new physique has helped the film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, shoot to the top of the U.S. box office and reinforce his reputation as the Sexiest Man in the World.
But Jackman insists it didn't come easily, and he had to pretend he really was the clawed superhero to push himself during workouts.
The Aussie star tells Starpulse.com, "OK, this is a little embarrassing but I'm a little more of a wuss in real life, obviously, than my character.
"There's a moment when you're training where you just want to give up. I used to kind of imagine myself, not when I was training with these guys because that'd be a little embarrassing, but when I was on my own with my trainer Michael, I used to kind of imagine I was Wolverine. Somehow, it always got two or three more reps out of me. It was also kind of humiliating with the yelling and it looked a little silly."
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Source: WENN
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