Jackman joined female-dominated Reminiscence without reading script

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He may be a Hollywood superstar, but Hugh Jackman could not believe his latest leading role was written specifically for him. Set in a war-torn and flooded Miami of the future, sci-fi thriller Reminiscence - which opens in cinemas here on Aug 19 - stars the...

“Does that mean it was only Brad that turned it down or was it Leo and Brad? I’m not sure.

He said: “I just thought it was such a cool world, so original, so surprising; I didn’t see where it was going, and I certainly didn’t see where it was ending. I just thought it was a different kind of role for me. And I just loved Lisa. So, it was a very easy yes, but it wasn’t a conventional yes, that’s for sure.”

And she comes in and upends his life very quickly and then disappears. And he has no knowledge of where she’s gone, and that love affair turns into an obsession for him. And he goes down a pretty dark path.Watts and Nick were in the army together. They’ve been friends for a long time, incredibly loyal, best friends.

I mean, it’s just fantastic, mainly because of who those women are. They’re incredibly collaborative and strong and confident and really fun. It was just a great set and we all worked so well together. I think I’ve made nine movies playing Wolverine, and if we ended up doing nine versions of this movie, I’d be a happy man.

But what is the cost of that? And what does it mean for the future of these characters or even the present when you can so easily escape in the past?

 

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