I think it's fair to say you are best known to most audiences for having played Wolverine in the X-Men movies. And here we have a clip of you fighting, and it doesn't actually go so well. Mistake. Oh, yeah, right. Right. So there are a couple of things that come out of this that I want to ask you about. One is Wolverine is five foot five, right? You are six foot two right. So how on earth did you get yourself cast for this role? I did about seven auditions. Am I wired in completely? I want to do a little like I remember finally I did audition, audition, audition, and then I went to see they had a production. We were talking and he said, you know, it's just one problem. I hope the fans are not going to have a problem because the carrot is meant to be five foot five. And I said, Tom, really, it's going to be absolutely fine. Don't worry about it. Thank you. I literally walked out like that. And actually, in the first movie, Chris yes. I never had my shoes on. Every other actor around me. The rule was, unless I were a kid, they had to be taller. Me people were on I was literally crouching like that. Shoes off. People were on planks and boxers all around me. So we went to a great effort. And I think after a while, they just gave up on that. Okay, second question. How did you learn to deal with those claws? You know, we were just watching that clip, Chris, and you know what came into my head in that fight? I actually stabbed the double of mistake like so in the beginning, there were I don't know what we were thinking. There were actually metal and they were actually sharp. And I used to practice I practice at home and looked at because I'd done a lot of fighting. Right. But never with another. I had to get used to another nine inches all my hand as I'm fighting. So I had to adjust how I practice practice. And I would follow through. I stab my thighs. I had like scars. I still have scars on my thighs. And in that particular scene, there's one thing where she's reaching for something, and I go to stab her arm. She forgot to move her arm. And I literally stepped it went about this deep into her arm. And I'll never forget it. She I was I went wide I've literally just stab someone for the first time in my life. And she just the blood was burbling out like it was starting to come and she just like this. And she goes, I've been stabbed by Wolverine. There was a just blue and red. It was pouring down around it because she was a stuntwoman and she's a hell of a lot tougher than me. And it was a badge of honor for her. You got so jacked for these movies, nine Wolverine movies, and over the years, people have wondered, did he Juice did he take steroids? No, I, I love my job and I love Wolverine. I'm going to be careful what I say here. But I had been told anecdotally what the side effects are of that, and I was like, I don't love it that much. Yeah. No, no, no. I so no, I just did it the old school way. And I tell you, I've eaten more chicken. So I'm so sorry to all the vegans and vegetarians and to the chickens of the world. I mean, I've, I've just I've literally I'm the calm is not good for me. If if if the diet has anything related to chickens, I'm in trouble. Finally, I understand that you're set to play in the next Deadpool movie. And even though your character Logan or Wolverine was killed off in the last movie, you're going to play Wolverine again for the 10th time. Yeah. Why? I mean, you categorize it as the Deadpool movie. We like to call it Wolverine ten in our house. And you check with Ryan Reynolds on this. I need to check with then I'll get it. We basically this is taking place. The story's pre Logan, which is exactly, as you said, where Logan died. So we pray that in the storyline and I honestly, Chris, I really thought I was done like I was at peace with it. If I got asked every day that interviews or Ryan Reynolds ring, you make me do it again. I'm like, no, I'm done. Someone said to me, I think it was I think it was Deb and he was my wife. She said, you know, after this, what is it you really want to do? And I was just driving down a day later and I thought, what do I want? And it came to me like that because when I keep thinking of me and Ryan of Deadpool and Wolverine, which are classic comic book rivals, there's also a dynamic that I've never really got to do before as Wolverine. But the music man is not Wolverine. And with all due respect, and after this interview, affection Hugh Jackman at 54 is not Hugh Jackman at 32. So how are you going to get in that kind of shape? I have I've learned you can't rush it. I've learned that it takes time. So we have six months from when I finish to when I start filming. And I'm not doing any other work. I'm going to be with my family and train. That's going to be my job for six months and I'm really fit right now. There's one thing that I chose a wig being on Broadway, singing, dancing is unfit. So I'm healthy. I've a good place to start. And apologies, chickens run a mile. Start running now because I'm coming for you.
