Hugh Jackman reveals that he had to work hard to perfect his native Australian accent for new film Chappie.
Hugh Jackman
Jackman teams up with director Neill Blomkamp for the first time for the new film, in which he take on a role that required a stronger Aussie accent from the actor.
And Jackman reveals that he had to brush up on some of the phrases the Blomkamp kept coming up with for his character.
Speaking to the Press Association, the actor said; "I had to practise it because it was way stronger than my natural accent," the 46-year-old actor said.
"He used a lot of phrases, and I had to end up Googling the slang. Neill was coming up with some really cool sayings. I was trying to think of more, so I ended up Googling some of them."
Chappie is the third feature film for Blomkamp, after the success of District 9 and Elysium. Jackman is part of an all star cast as Dev Patel, Sigourney Weaver, and Sharlto Copley are all also on board.
As for Jackman, Chappie is the first big screen outing for the actor since the critical and commercial success of X-Men: Days of Future Past last year.
He has also completed work on Pan - in which he will play villain Blackbeard - and he is signed up to star in the Eddie the Eagle movie. He has also been linked with X-Men: Apocalypse, where he may reprise the role of Wolverine.