Hugh Jackman Has Six Months to Get in Wolverine Shape
For about one more week, Hugh Jackman will be playing the title role in The Music Man on Broadway. Then he’s got to slip back into the adamantium claws of Wolverine for the tenth time to play Logan opposite Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 3. But that’s a process that takes a lot of time.
That’s because Jackman has to get into shape to play the buffed-up superhero. And with Wolverine, it’s not about the cool costume — it’s about the ginormous abs. Jackman told Chris Wallace on his HBO talk show that when The Music Man ends, he starts Wolverine training, a process that will take him roughly a half a year.
“We have six months,” he explained, “from when I finish [The Music Man] to when I start filming. And I’m not doing any other work. I’m gonna be with my f...