Hugh Jackman’s X-Men Days of Future Past exclusive interview
SINGAPORE- Hey film fans,
SINGAPORE- Hey film fans,
Did you know that Nicholas “Beast” Hoult made Hugh Jackman “cry with laughter everyday” on the X-Men: Days of Future Past set?
Did you also know the Nick-H gave Hugh-J a book filled with photos of Hoult on set, standing behind every X-Men character poised with “a hammer, a sword or a pen ready to stab you in the neck, like it’s all about Beast about to kill every X-men character”?
Bet you didn’t know that Michael Fassbender’s real life mutant ability is “to remember entire pages of dialogue from movies that he’s only seen once or twice, as well as complete lyrics from songs”.
Or that Hugh Jackman loved the traditional Singapore breakfast of eggs and Kaya (coconut jam) Toast so much, he would “have it every morning”!
How about when Hugh pretty much declared an open invitation to come to his house in New York City? For a taste of Kaya Toast no less.
Hear all these X-Men nuggets and more, straight from the Wolverine’s mouth.
Here is a HUGH-mongous helping of the Wolverine, via our exclusive one-on-one video interview at the Ritz-Carlton last week when he was in Singapore for the South-East Asian premiere of X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Click on above video (with time codes references) to see why he’s such an ace interviewee, who exudes a genuine sincerity that transcends the perfunctory fixed smiles and cursory answers one usually expects from stars during routine press junkets.
00:08 - How much he loved the Singapore traditional breakfast of eggs and Kaya (coconut jam) Toast.
“I love it in Singapore! I went to have eggs and Kaya Toast after we landed... I think I had my yearly intake of butter this morning!”
1:04 – His rule when exploring a new city and what Singapore has to offer that New York City doesn’t have!
“If you want to see a place, you got to get out on the street, you got to meet the people. I want to do something in that city that I can ONLY do in that city…”
1:28 – An open invitation to Hugh Jackman’s home.
“Anyone who wants good Kaya Toast in New York City? Go to Hugh Jackman’s house!”
3:12- How much his kids loved X-Men: Days of Future Past (especially Evan Peters’ Quicksilver scenes) and how it made his 14 year old son think and question real world issues.
4:20- Hugh spills on which actor is the most different person in life, and on set.
4:55- What is Michael “Magneto” Fassbender’s real life mutant ability?
5:16- How Nicholas “Beast” Hoult is the “funniest of them all” and made him “cry with laughter everyday” by photobombing every X-Men character .
6:10 – Hugh Jackman says “ I love you Singapore” in Mandarin!
Is Broadway-singing, Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-, Tony- and-Emmy-award-winning triple-threat Hollywood superstar father of two Hugh Jackman, too good to be true? Probably. But we love him anyway. Why? Because EVERYBODY LOVES HUGH.