Hugh Jackman proving his presence in disguise with character

Rating: 10/10 (1 December 2004)

I first saw Hugh Jackman on the London stage in Oklahoma - this guy is extremely talented in all aspects of acting, singing and dancing at the highest level. His performance in BFO was outstanding and he won the much coveted Tony award for his outstanding performance together with other awards - The Fred Astaire award for dancing for example. He was also nominated for the Lawrence Olivier award for Oklahoma.
However, I digress - I was only able to obtain a DVD player last Xmas and my son gave me quite a stack of films to watch with all top notch actors. However, knowing I did like science fiction he pointed out that I would really enjoy X-Men and X-Men 2. So I thought okay I will watch that first - after all Patrick Stewart was in it. Well I nearly fell off my chair - rubbed my eyes - and watched all over again. There large as life was Hugh Jackman in a film, shows you how dozy I was I had assumed he was a stage actor visiting England and involved in Broadway only BIG MISTAKE I MADE. Look what I had been missing for ages.
What a great evening that was for me and I thoroughly enjoyed the film and say that it was very well put together and the stars acted their roles with conviction. But, Hugh Jackman with his great talent did more with Wolverene - very clever on characterisation is our Hugh - and gave us many faces to this character like love, humour,with good one liners, the tortured mind of not knowing who he was and why he had become the way he was - he made me think that he was in fact a good guy completely taken over by evil but would not quit till he found out who he was and how he would put his life back together again. The fighting scenes were excellent -but I do hope that the directors out there give him a fair chance - he leaps out of the screen and makes you notice him either with strength or gentleness, dramatically, pathos - you name it.
Well off I went and bought as many of his films as I could - which was not easy but I only need Paperback Heroes and Standing Room Only and I am waiting for his next film which I hope will give him the box office acclaim he so richly deserves
I look forward to seeing this young man in some exciting roles that can test his acting strengths - and he will deliver and we will not only have a mega star to watch but a damn handsome fella as well.
Deadly Hedley