PRISONERS : Media alert/press interviews/ other publicity

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At the APPLE STORE in London to promote PRISONERS --

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At a London advance screening, sponsored by TotalFilm --







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At the Apple Store --

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS3C7hexie8&feature=c4-overview&list=UU00PgeVfVH9H25Z-TcQhQIA


I always enjoy radio interviews with Hugh ( although the above was filmed - so you can see him as well) - they are always so relaxed and natural. Compared to TV talk shows or even media junkets which sound usually so contrived and time-constrained, radio shows are relaxed chats where Hugh's wit and natural charisma shines all the time. I also like how he never condescends and does his best to fit in with his hosts.

Jo

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He must be in Paris now --

Laure‏@laurecrazymofo39m
Tout à l'heure il y'avait Hugh Jackman sur TF1 ! Il est trop beau! En plus on dirait qu'il est intelligent x)

Fanfamily fromFrance‏@familyfanfrance39m
@realhughjackman Just have seen you on TV. Welcome in France !
Very impatient to see "Prisoners" on the 9th of october.

►Say something◄‏@james_Brg40m
@realhughjackman Hugh jackman on TF1, French Tv, You are a brillant actor ??

A lot of French tweets in the last hour. A lot of " il est trop beau!" in the barrage of tweets

Hope we get a video replay.

Merci bien!


Jo

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C'est ici --

lci.tf1.fr/cinema/news/hugh-jackman-sa-vie-de-clown-ses-envies-de-journalisme-et-omar-8276300.html

Jo

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Hugh/aka Jean Valjean - il est a Paris!






Jo

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Monsieur Jackman et les Parisiennes!

[jo]

While the Donostia San Sebastian Film Festival awaits his arrival and PRISONERS!

[jo]

Hugh ( and Denis Villeneuve) have also been able to attend a premiere of PRISONERS in Berlin on September 26!

www.justjared.com/2013/09/26/hugh-jackman-prisoners-berlin-premiere/

[jo]

Senor Jackman ya esta en San Sebastian!

www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diariovasco.com%2Fzinemaldia%2Fnoticias%2Fvayan-afilando-garras-esta-201309261303.html

The translator will help change the article to English, if it has not already done that.

Good point about Hugh being in the part of Europe where part of his ancestry came from.

You can also highlight that although their parents were Englishmen settled in Australia, the beauty of Golden proportions and the Mediterranean port (part?) of Hugh may be legacy of his Greek great-grandfather.

He has ancestral roots from Greece - it is in the Aegean Sea but, broadly speaking, the sweep of the Mediterannean sea and its culture could also include Greece and its fabled isles. Could his love of performing come from this culture?

Will he learn to dance the flamenco in the short time he is in Spain. Ole! Or maybe learn to say "Buenas Noches!" and " Muchas gracias!" when he receives his award?


Jo

[jo]

Senor Jackman ya esta en San Sebastian!

www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diariovasco.com%2Fzinemaldia%2Fnoticias%2Fvayan-afilando-garras-esta-201309261303.html

The translator will help change the article to English, if it has not already done that.

Good point about Hugh being in the part of Europe where part of his ancestry came from. He has ancestral roots from Greece - it is in the Aegean Sea but, broadly speaking, the sweep of the Mediterannean sea and its culture could also include Greece and its fabled isles. Could his love of performing come from this culture?

Will he learn to dance the flamenco in the short time he is in Spain. Ole! Or maybe learn to say "Buenas Noches!" and " Muchas gracias!" when he receives his award?


Jo

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Wherever he goes, Hugh is loved!

[jo]

Thumbnails of his arrival photos in San Sebastian --

josepgegundez.photoshelter.com/gallery/092613-Arrivals-at-61st-The-San-Sebastian-Film-Festival-2013/G0000uFE3jhS2Pwc/1/C0000WYcIYH9O.e4

Includes photos like these --

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[mamaleh]

Interesting--it seems as though his fans in Europe skew younger...? Then again, I'm more used to seeing his theater fans thronging, who generally are more "mature." Still, it's nice to see him enjoying a rock-star reception.

Ellen

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At the Press Conference --

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Receiving his Award at the 61st Donostia-San Sebastian Film Festival --

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At the seaside town, with fans --

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There's a Cannes feel to the festival atmosphere --

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More photos --

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2435553/Hugh-Jackman-taken-hostage-hes-mobbed-army-screaming-female-fans-promoting-new-movie-Prisoners.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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A Hollywood Reporter account of his stay in San Sebastian and at the press conference --

www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/san-sebastian-hugh-jackman-hints-638234

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A Hollywood Reporter account of Hugh's stay in San Sebastian and at the press conference --

www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/san-sebastian-hugh-jackman-hints-638234

San Sebastian: Hugh Jackman Hints 'Wolverine' Exit, Talks 'Spider-Man' Cameo That Never Was



10:46 AM PDT 9/27/2013 by Pamela Rolfe


"It would have to be very compelling for me to do it again," the actor said of playing the "X-Men" character.


SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain – Hugh Jackman spoke about knowing when to call it quits with a role, the cathartic power of dramas and how his dark role in Prisoners affected his parenting Friday at the 61st San Sebastian International Film Festival.


He also dished about his time spent as Wolverine and a Spider-Man cameo that nearly happened a decade ago.

Speaking to a packed hall of journalists hours before he picked up the festival’s Donostia Award for lifetime achievement, Jackman said he was "humbled and honored" by the award, while stumbling over its pronunciation.

"My wife Deborra-Lee Furness won the Silver Shell here in San Sebastian in 1991 for her role in Waiting, so we’re going to just call it the Jackman-Furness Award if that’s alright with you," he said.

STORY: Hugh Jackman Wants Wolverine to Join the Movie 'Avengers'

Jackman is set to receive the award at a special screenings of Prisoners Friday.

Playfully, the actor told journalists he swam at the beach in San Sebastian and rode his bike all around town undisturbed.

"I’m a morning person. The beach reminds me of the beach in the Sydney. I woke up at 8:30 in the morning and I swam. Rode my bike. The moral is, if you want to be left alone in San Sebastian, wake up early," he said.

But when questions turned to his career and his roles, Jackman got serious.

"Great parts always outgrow the actors that play them. If you forget that, it’s at your own peril," the Australian Oscar winner said, adding that eventually he will have to leave all his roles, including Wolverine, behind. "They are working on it [X-Men] now, and it would have to be very compelling for me to do it again. I’ve been doing it for 10 years," he said.

When asked repeatedly about switching comic characters from Wolverine to another superhero or joining in on a dual comic book movie, Jackman said it wasn’t up to him.

"The great thing about comic books is that they threw Batman in with Wolverine or Spiderman. I have people ask me all the time, ‘Do you think Spider-Man can beat Wolverine?’ It’s part of the DNA," Jackman said. "Marvel wanted me to do a cameo in the first Spider-Man, but I couldn’t find my suit. I could have turned up before it was such a big deal. But I don’t have that kind of power to make it happen."

In town with Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve, Jackman said playing such a desperate, troubled character made him reflect on his own parenting. "Of course it makes you think about how you are preparing your kids. It’s very difficult as a father. But you want your kids to go out in the world and be fearless," he said.

The actor said that playing such a grueling role left him fatigued, but comfortable.

"The job is to pretend as convincingly as you can," he said. " A lot of people think that means you have to dive into yourself, but I feel it’s diving into the people around you, the other actors and the director. And when I come home, I feel like I’ve played a game of rugby and have a bath and I’m fine. It is cathartic."

STORY: Hugh Jackman to Get San Sebastian Fest Lifetime Honor

Jackman added: "The question is, why do people go to see dark dramas, or make them? We have collective fears that we push down for day-to-day life. But we go to movies because it allows us to experience the full range of our emotions and exercise the emotions we don’t use all the time. It’s cathartic."

Jackman joked about staring into the "abyss of fear" just before stepping onstage to host the Oscars, and about being a sex symbol.

"Here’s the thing about being a sex symbol," he said. "No one was looking at me when I was 16 thinking of me as the sexiest man alive. Why doesn’t it come when you need it, when you're 20, 21? Not when you’ve been married for 15 years, and you wake up in the morning and say ‘Hey baby,’ and she says, ‘Take out the garbage.'"

LOL - if you have ever been to Spain -- the regular hours are a few hours too late


Jo

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Windy day by the beach...or just showing off the Wolverine physique

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Next stop, SWITZERLAND!