Friday, October 7, 2011

Hugh Jackman's 'Real Steel' Hero Is 'The Anti-Father'

Hugh Jackman is, quite possibly, the perfect man. He sings, he dances, he can do comedy and drama and action and romance, hes easy on the eyes. But most importantly, hes a nice guy. So whats this all-around good bloke doing playing bad dad Charlie Kenton in Real Steel? Or Drover in Australia? Or Wolverine? Jackman told MTV News that he was brought up to be polite to people, be nice, kind, respectful. Because of his natural gentlemanly state, hes attracted to characters that are considerably less than perfect. I think Im pretty boring, Jackman said. I much prefer the rebellious, slightly wilder people. He pointed out that his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, was expelled from 12 schools or something. In Real Steel Jackman plays the anti-father. He said, Most of my scenes are with my son who I havent seen since birth, and Im really mean to him pretty much the whole movie. It was a welcome departure for the actor and father of two, whose personal parenting philosophy prevents him from unleashing any unnecessary nastiness. You want to say things at times that you knew if youd said them would put them in therapy for an extra 20 years. And you dont. You shove it down. Despite his onscreen obnoxiousness, Jackman didnt refrain from showing Real Steel to his kids, who were intrigued rather than put off by Kentons lack of parenting skills. They were like, So we can drink sodas for breakfast? Tell us what you think about Jackman's "Real Steel" performance in the comments section and on Twitter!

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