Wolverine
For those who have been living on a different planet for the last couple of weeks blockbuster summer is about to kick off in the cinema.
Last year the likes of Indiana Jones, The Dark Knight and Iron Man dominated the box office twelve months ago fighting it out for supremacy.
And 2009 is going to follow a similar path as the likes of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Terminator Salvation are all vying for that number one spot.
So here at FemaleFirst we are taking a look some of this summer's action heroes starting with Hugh Jackman.
This weeks sees Jackman reprise the role of Wolverine for the third time in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the first big budget blockbuster of the summer.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is the first spin off of the successful franchise and tells the story of Wolverine's epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program before Wolverine's skeleton was bonded with the indestructible metal adamantium.
The film also looks at Logan’s tragic romance with Kayla Silverfox. Kayla’s fate triggers Logan’s involvement with the ominous Weapon X program, a top secret, billion-dollar military experiment, in which Wolverine and other mutants are key players.
They include Gambit, a young Scott Summers (later to be known as Cyclops); a beautiful young mutant named Emma Frost; and the aforementioned Deadpool, against whom Wolverine faces his ultimate challenge.
Jackman put himself through a high intensity training regime, which included cardiovascular workouts and protein based meals to bulk up for the role.
Despite having played this character three times in the past Hugh Jackman was up for taking on the role of Logan, the character that made him a superstar, for a fourth time: "We wanted to exceed expectations in every way. We couldn’t just make a very good movie; it had to be much more than that."
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is released 29th April
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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