I just read a good article on Hugh Jackman. Some interesting tidbits:
After the third "X-Men" film -- which had a phenomenal Memorial Day weekend at the box office -- Jackman has five more movies coming in less than a year.
He stars with Rachel Weisz in "The Fountain," a fountain-of-youth fantasy from director Darren Aronofsky ("Requiem for a Dream"). In "The Prestige," from director Christopher Nolan ("Batman Begins"), Jackman and Christian Bale play magicians in a blood rivalry. Jackman plays a British aristocrat suspected of serial murders in Woody Allen's romantic caper "Scoop," co-starring Scarlett Johansson. And Jackman provides voices for two animated flicks, as the lead rodent in "Flushed Away," the story of an uppercrust London rat hurled into the sewers, and as a penguin in the cartoon musical "Happy Feet."
He owes it all to Wolverine, a role he initially failed to land. Bryan Singer, who directed the first two "X-Men" flicks, had cast Scottish actor Dougray Scott, but he had to back out because of a scheduling conflict to shoot "Mission: Impossible II."
Jackman is developing an "X-Men" spinoff movie focusing on Wolverine, and he said he plans to maintain a mix of stage and film roles.
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