After sitting through Wolverine this past weekend, I believe this flick to be the gayest comic book movie ever. It felt like an issue of Men’s Health come to life, albeit with more adamantium. First, the gorgeous Hugh Jackman is shirtless for a good portion of the film — he even has a naked fight scene! And he squares off against a shirtless (and similarly ripped) Ryan Reynolds at one point. more…
You may know that a DVD quality version of Wolverine leaked on the nets. I have no intention of watching it on the tubes. I plan on watching it on the big screen for full effect. However, I am not above leering at the screencaps of naked Hugh Jackman aka Wolverine. Enjoy:
I’m actually excited to see Gambit in this movie. Hopefully he doesn’t suck like he did in the cartoon. Thanks to Reg for making sure I knew about the trailer’s premiere today.
Check out these new photos of Hugh Jackman from the upcoming Wolverine origin-story movie. I thought he looked pretty hot. Then I read this snippet from an interview he gave to MTV and I was annoyed at his sexism. Of course, I’m inclined to believe this is his way of hiding his gayness by saying, “Rawr, look what big chauvinist man me is. Me big man want bang little lady.” Whatevs. He’s kinda lame.
MTV: You were pretty forthright with People magazine when they asked you about the three biggest rumors about you.
Jackman: Gay, gay and gay.
MTV: You said in that article that the rumors while you were playing Peter Allen in “The Boy From Oz” [on Broadway] bothered your wife. Did they ever bother you?
Jackman: Come on. No, it’s ridiculous. I just think the whole idea of judging someone based on their sexuality is ridiculous. In Australia, we’re much easier on all those fronts. I was playing a gay guy. I actually took it as a compliment. I probably shouldn’t be saying this, but I remember when I was about 19, me and my mate used to go to these dance parties which were 80 percent gay guys, 18 percent girls who were sick of heterosexual guys hitting on them, and then vultures like me and my mate. We would go there until 2 in the morning, when the girls were really drunk and wishing they weren’t with 80 percent gay guys.
MTV: So you’re basically the worst kind of straight guy?
Jackman: The worst! The leech! The vulture!
Uh huh. You go gurl. Keep saying it and maybe someday it’ll be true.
So they enlisted the hobbit (Dominic Monaghan) to play Beak/Blackwing. And a whole host of other cast/characters. Maybe this movie won’t suck as much as I thought it would:
Film Drunk posted a possible casting update regarding the upcoming Wolverine movie. I love his commentary on the actor supposedly chosen to play Gambit:
“Anyway, remember when a superhero could be played by a regular dude with a swagger and a beer gut, a la George Reeves? Now we get former Diesel models who are “passionate about nutrition and fitness” and the guy from Hairspray. Not to mention, his name is “Taylor”. Might as well name your kid “Twinkle Toes”, or “Jazz Hands”. In this movie, instead of throwing exploding playing cards, Gambit’ll probably release butterflies or white doves… okay, on second thought, exploding doves would actually be really cool.”
Dude, exploding doves would fucking rock my world. How ironic would that be as a weapon?
