Tell us about your last trip to India. You and your wife visited Jaipur, you shook a leg with Shah Rukh Khan and Vidya Balan at a film convention — how was that experience? Do you plan to visit the country again soon?
We were treated so incredibly well in India! I loved it. We saw a Bollywood movie being made, I learnt a nice little dance move from Shah Rukh Khan. We went to his house for a meal. It was more than anything we could ask for. Deb (Jackman's wife Deborra-Lee Furness) loved Jaipur. We had some great food, we took long walks. We have great memories of our trip and we constantly talk about going back.
The role of Wolverine, besides acting, requires you to undergo severe physical transformation. Considering you just dropped a lot of weight for your role in Les Miserables,how much did you have to alter your training and diet to reprise this role?
For one, I had to be on a strict diet of seven chicken breasts a day to get into shape for The Wolverine. I also had to work out three hours a day, two hours every morning at 5 am, and I had to squeeze in another hour on the set. There was a time my wife used to feel sorry for me when I had to wake up in the middle of the night to go train, but now she kicks me out of bed when I grumble. She says, "Go on, you know you love it". And I do. I embrace everything that comes with this part.
The X-Men series, Wolverine included, has quite a huge fan base in India. Does Hollywood see India as a huge potential market for its movies?
Sure. I think we'd want the film to reach out everywhere there are fans. And Indian fans have always been so generous with their affection for these characters. I know the movie came out in India on the same date as the US. We wanted the Indian fans to see the film at the same time as the rest of the world. I think with comic book movies particularly, you have to protect the fans and really indulge them and respect their loyalty.
Can you discuss the premise of the film and what audiences can look forward to?
This movie takes place a long time after X-Men Origins: Wolverine, many years into the future. Wolverine is on a journey in a foreign land, a new world with completely new characters where he is gradually forced to face who he is. This is definitely the most personal of all the stories about the Wolverine. It is as though his entire life, up to this point, has brought him nothing but misery, pain and destruction, and he has reached a point where he's done with it. But then, he is reluctantly drawn into the world of Japan. I can't explain exactly why that happens; it's got to do with something in his past.
What does this movie mean to you personally?
At the end of the day, when I'm old and in my wheelchair and someone asks 'Which movie should I watch about that great character, Wolverine?' I want to say, 'Watch The Wolverine.' I'm really excited about the film. We have a great group of actors and a fantastic crew; the planets are lining up in every way.
Your appearance is quite different in this movie. You look dapper in a suit. Is this a new look for Wolverine?
This is a whole new look for me. Let's start with the hair because the hair has been a three-act play in itself over the years (laughs). This time, there are two looks. I don't want to give away the first look, but in this look that you are seeing now with the 'wings', we just wanted to make it look and feel fresh. My hair is slightly shorter and it's not so coiffed as before because this is a more contemporary movie. The last film was set in the 70s. As far as the suit is concerned, all I'm going to tell you is that this is not Logan's own wardrobe. This is not his particular choice of clothes and I dare say this may be the very last time you ever see Wolverine in high-end suits. (laughs). But I think secretly he's quite enjoying it.
Having played Wolverine so many times, are you still as enthusiastic about the character?
Yes, I pinch myself everyday that I get the chance to play him. There is not a job I've done that I've felt, 'Oh, wish I wasn't doing this'. I'm really doing what I love to do in my life. Imagine a person who loves to play golf and someone taps him on the shoulder and says: 'Would you like to play professionally for the rest of your life?' I feel like that. It actually happened to me relatively late in life, aged 26. One of the first movie parts I ever got was this guy Wolverine in X-Men. I had no idea what it was about and more by luck than by design, I had actually come across one of the great characters in the comic-book genre. I have found him fascinating from the beginning. I've still got that drive to really get to the bottom of him.
The Wolverine, produced by Fox Star Studios, has released in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu in 3D and 2D.
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