XMEN: Days of Future Past -- PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION

[jo]

The female host at the Singapore premiere said that she had a favorite scene from DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. Her male co-emcee teased her about divulging it. It looks like she more than enjoyed the scene because it was in 3D.

Clue: Taken from the Men's Health interview with Hugh --

"There's a naked shot in this one," he says. "Not front naked—it's PG-13—but full-body. So I made it very clear that I wanted to know the date I'd be shooting that stuff.” When he heard that the day of shooting might be pushed back by a few weeks, Jackman wasn’t having it. “I said, 'Absolutely not! I don't care, you can push anything back you want, but I'm naked on that day!' "

LOL - if 3D gives you a headachy feeling, would this be a good excuse to try it again


Jo

[jo]

Time to relax --

Hugh Jackman ‏@realhughjackman · 15m
Amazing premiere night in Singapore with Fan Bing Bing and Peter D. Now it's time to try the famous…

http://instagram.com/p/n-3ufwChF5

Enjoy this, Hugh

[jo]

Shengyong ‏@shengyongw · 30m
Thank you so much for spending time with almost every possible fans, i really appreciate it. Enjoy your stay in Singapore! @realhughjackman

That was no exaggeration!

[mamaleh]

In a TV interview on EXTRA tonight that I hope makes its way online, Hugh reveals that he was responsible for the bare butt scene, which surprised me. Exiting a bed he'd just shared with a woman, he was supposed to wear boxers. Wolverine wouldn't do that, Hugh said. "Briefs would be even worse," he said. If Wolverine leaves the bed, he said, "he's gonna go commando."

Aw--artistic integrity. Love it.

By the way, Ava reportedly said "Eww--gross."

Ellen

[carouselkathy]

Artistic integrity? You bet your "ass" it is!

[jo]

Can't wait

For the cinematic "vision" ... of DAYS OF FUTURE PAST I have tickets for May 21 ( that's 6 days and maybe a few hours and some seconds ) -LOL!


Jo

[jo]

Hey, I thought he went straight to the airport for the flight to Melbourne

Hugh Jackman ‏@realhughjackman · 21m
....hardly working! For a minute... #xmen #xmenlive #singapore

http://instagram.com/p/n_95i4ihJP

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[jo]

Singapore Press Conference --

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBDNDG-IfWE


Hugh and Peter's sense of humor delights audience! Hugh, especially!

Who's Channing? LOL!

Jo


PS: I thought they meant the one who portrayed the dancing Dolly Levi

[jo]

And someone asks him to do a parody of "Let It Go" --

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Ox6_uVZJg

Too bad he probably did not see FROZEN or watched the last Oscars


Jo

[jo]

And someone asks him to do a parody of "Let It Go" --

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Ox6_uVZJg

Too bad he probably did not see FROZEN or watched the last Oscars


Jo

[jo]

During the red/blue carpet walkover by Hugh, Peter, and FanBB -- there was a minute when FanBB was calling to Hugh ( who was busy with his tete-a-tetes with fans)...and it took some time before Hugh finally heard her...and greeted her for the first time that evening. By the look on her face, she seemed to have a little crush on our Main Crush .

www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Ox6_uVZJg

[jo]

During the red/blue carpet walkover by Hugh, Peter, and FanBB -- there was a minute when FanBB was calling to Hugh ( who was busy with his tete-a-tetes with fans)...and it took some time before Hugh finally heard her...and greeted her for the first time that evening. By the joyous look on her face, she seemed to have a little crush on our Main Crush .

www.todayonline.com/blogs/ratedg/fan-bingbing-would-love-collaborate-singapore-film-makers

The Chinese actress spills on being besties with Fann Wong,possibly working on a Singaporean film and loving Hugh Jackman.

Genevieve Sarah Loh
Published: May 15, 5:42 PM


SINGAPORE -- Actress Fan Bingbing might be considered the biggest star in China at the moment, an accolade cemented by her top position once again on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 List this year. This makes her the only showbiz personality to have been ranked first in consecutive years.

But the 32-year-old actress was still nonetheless star-stuck by her fellow cast mates in X-Men: Days Of Future Past, which opens in Singapore next week.

According to Fan, the first two thoughts that popped into her head when she heard that she had been cast as the teleporting mutant known as Blink were “it’s a dream come true!” and “Hugh Jackman!”. Yes, in that order.

“Yes, Hugh Jackman popped right into my head. Hugh Jackman and his muscles. And body! I’m sorry! ” she laughed during our one-on-one interview at Ritz Carlton Singapore, where she was promoting the highly anticipated blockbuster that’s directed by Bryan Singer.

“Honestly,I was really excited. I’ve seen Hugh Jackman as Wolverine for years and to be part of this movie franchise has been my dream.”

Well, no one ever needs to apologise for thinking about Hugh Jackman — least of all, someone like Fan — but the actress said that she was bowled over when she finally met Jackman in the flesh.

“Well, Hugh Jackman was the co-star that surprised me the most,” she revealed. “He’s really very nice in person, always smiling at me and asking me how I was. And his appearance and acting is astonishing! He is too handsome.”

And here’s a heads-up to Singaporean film-makers. Fan said she is more than happy to work on a Singaporean film, if the opportunity presents itself.

“If there is a chance, I would really love to collaborate,” she said. “Because I know that Singapore has very good directors — many young, up-and-coming directors — with a lot of talent. Plus, Singapore has good actors like Fann Wong. She’s such a beauty. I have filmed with her before and she is one of my very good friends! So yes, if there are any suitable scripts, I’ll be most willing to take it.”

And while Fan may currently be a red-carpet regular at the Cannes Film Festival and other high profile Hollywood events, as well as being one of the most sought-after Asian celebrities — she has signed lucrative deals with, among others, Mercedes-Benz, Cartier, L’Oreal Paris, Chopard and Louis Vuitton - the actress said that she is resolutely dedicated to her craft. “No matter what I do, my job is an actress,” she said. “I hope everybody will focus more on my work.”

LOL - as Baba Walters moans : "He's already taken!"


Jo

[njr]

May 14, 2014 7:33:37 GMT -5 jo said:

One of the gifts handed to him by a fan was a pineapple ( not sure if it was a real one or a Chinese gift symbol for prosperity).

Jo

This could have been a reference to the Graham Norton Show pineapple running gag.

Nancy

[jo]

"I still call Australia home" -- in Melbourne for the premiere!

[jo]

Hugh Jackman ‏@realhughjackman · 10h
Can't wait to see you all tonight at Melbourne Central. Amazing fans. Aussie Aussie Aussie #xmen…

http://instagram.com/p/oCt1KGChKJ

Later on --

Melbourne Central ‏@melbcentral · 2h
Yes @realhughjackman took the train from Melbourne Central this evening to his next interview! pic.twitter.com/eb88j8ASoa

[jo]

Hugh Jackman ‏@realhughjackman · 14m
Amazing #xmen premiere in Melbourne tonight. We've got a surprise stop soon .....
#xmenlive #fans…

http://instagram.com/p/oDviGgChDA

Everyone's guessing where the surprise stop might be!

Could it be Hollywood in L.A. ?!!

Or a surprise cinema visit when the movie finally opens in the USA? Hugh has done that at least twice, joining the midnight screening on two occasions, if I recall right?


Jo

[jo]

XMEN Film Series memorabilia will be part of the Smithsonian Museum --

comicbook.com/blog/2014/05/16/patrick-stewart-presenting-x-men-items-to-the-smithsonian/

Patrick Stewart Presenting X-Men Items To The Smithsonian


By: Jamie Lovett on May 16, 2014
In : Movies, X-Men, X-Men: Days Of Future Past
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Patrick Stewart will present a collection of items and costumes from the X-Men film franchise to the Smithsonian’s Museum of National History in a special, closed event tomorrow evening.

The items come from throughout the franchise’s 15-year history and include Stewart’s own Professor X costume, Ian McKellen’s Magneto costume, Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine costume, Halle Berry’s Storm costume, and a final shooting script from X-Men: Days of Future Past.


The X-Men items will join other superhero artifacts such as the Superman outfit worn by Christopher Reeve in Superman III, the Catwoman costume worn by Julie Newmar in the 1960s Batman television series, George Clooney’s mask and cowl from Batman & Robin, and a collection of Batman comic books.

The newest X-Men film, featuring Stewart’s return to the role of Professor X, is X-Men: Days of Future Past, opening in theaters on May 23.

Which Wolverine costume? He never wore the comic-book version. Maybe the leather jacket/jeans/big buckle gear, with his adamantium claws?

Jo

[alma]

I hadn't seen these Homemade Retractable Wolverine Claws...

www.viralviralvideos.com/2014/05/15/homemade-automatic-retracting-wolverine-claws-are-the-coolest/



Alma

[jo]

In Melbourne, Hugh used the train to get to his next interview on time --

www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/hugh-jackman-happy-to-catch-the-train-in-melbourne-to-a-tv-interview/story-fni0fit3-1226921016002


Early during the run of TBFO, he also used the New York subway because he was going to be late for the show. And he was also generous with his time and autographs for the surprised crowd.

And he also uses the most common way to get from one place to another ( such as his theatre on Broadway) - he walks! My favorite anecdote was something he narrated on Michael Riedel's Theatre Talk. He said he was walking to the Broadhurst for "Back on Broadway" when a man selling seconday sales tickets ( aka blackmarket tickets) for the show approached him and asked him if he wanted to see the Jackman show. He told him -- " I am Hugh Jackman!"


Jo

[jo]

In Singapore, he sat down with many reps of the Asian press -- here's one with a Korean reporter :

www.allkpop.com/article/2014/05/hugh-jackman-shares-his-tip-for-getting-fit-for-summer-and-more-on-entertainment-relay

All the ladies are eager to see that "scene in the hotel..." - LOL!


Jo

[jo]

Patrick Stewart donates the XMEN artifacts to the Smithsonian --

www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2014/05/17/patrick-stewart-grills-museum-director-on-smithsonians-star-trek-collection

The Smithsonian held a screening of the “X-Men: Days of Future Past” Saturday evening. Stewart assured guests beforehand, however, that “neither the White House, the Pentagon or the RFK stadium were actually harmed during the making of the film."

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amhistorymuseum ‏@amhistorymuseum · 7h
Exciting news! #XMen costumes worn by @sirpatstew @ianmckellen @realhughjackman and Halle Berry join our collections. pic.twitter.com/uQNednKQuP

I kinda wish it was his jeans/jacket/buckle gear which was donated, as XMEN memorabilia. I think that identifies more with Wolverine than the futuristic costume in Days of Future Past. Also it resonates more with current day stories of the mutants and how they deal with current themes.


Jo

[jo]

This is the interview ( The Project) which led to Hugh taking the train in Melbourne to make sure he makes it on time --

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAUH9h0uAqo&feature=youtu.be

Hey, the "full bumsy" scene again

Hugh is so relaxed when he is with Aussie media


Jo

[jo]

A Filipino journalist gets his few minutes with Hugh during the Singapore media tour --

With Ricky Lo


SINGAPORE — His stamina is remarkable, incredibly so. I’m sure there’s an “X-Man” in him.


A few hours after he flew into this Lion City from Beijing for the world promo of his latest screen caper, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Hugh Jackman was merrily doing the Blue (no, not “red”) Carpet in front of the Shaw House, having “selfie” with the screaming fans occupying every space behind the barricades along the way. With him were co-stars Peter Dinklage (as Dr. Bolivar Trask, the inventor of the enormous robotic weapons called Sentinels and whose aim is to unite the human race by eliminating the mutants, its evolutionary rivals) and Chinese actress Fan Bingbing (as Blink, the mutant who has the ability to teleport herself, others and large objects).


Happily, Hugh was not wearing the plaster that covered a small wound on his nose left by a surgery on his basal-cell carcinoma (said to be the most minor form of cancer), an image flashed by TV newscasts and the social media around the world. He didn’t seem to mind the oppressive summer heat in his effort to please the fans who waited for him (and company) since that morning.


According to The Straits Times, Hugh visited a clinic early that morning to have the surgical stitches removed and then had eggs and Kaya toast for breakfast at a café in China Square before taking a short rest.


The Blue Carpet was followed by a screening at a Shaw Theater upstairs. I leave it to you to find out how exciting this new X-Men movie is, opening nationwide on Wednesday, May 21, nationwide, from Twentieth Century-Fox. Hugh reprises his role as Logan (a.k.a. the indestructible mutant Wolverine), who travels back to 1973 to sort out issues involving Trask.


His sense of humor was endearing and his charisma was infectious.


At the general presscon morning of the next day at the Ritz Carlton where he and his entourage were billeted, Hugh was his usual engaging self, answering questions no-holds-barred. During the open forum, a journalist playfully asked Hugh if he used his metal claws to consume his steak at the restaurant.


“Are you insulting me?” Hugh asked back. “Are you challenging me? Come over…let’s go,” he told the journalist as he stood up and walked backstage. Shouts in the hall. Did Wolverine make a barbecue out of the journalist with his metal claws? After a while, Hugh came out half-dragging the journalist who play-acted as if he was badly beaten. Laughter in the hall, followed by applause!


“I have a son who is 14,” he said after the laughter died down, answering a question. “He was born while we were making the first X-Men so it feels like a part of me,” adding in answer to a follow-up question, “yes, I would love to do an X-Men movie with my son and turn the franchise into a family business. Father and son X-Men. How about that?” He laughed.


In a previous interview, I asked Hugh if he ever discussed with his family the life-threatening scenes that he does for the franchise.


“No, I don’t,” he said. “But I do tell them about the scenes when I get home. I have a very supportive wife.”


Told that he was lucky to have a “supportive wife,” Hugh replied tongue-in-cheek, “I describe her as a lioness. You don’t cross my wife, I warn you. She will take you down. You know why I call her a lioness? You see, if someone says anything bad about me, she immediately leaps to my defense. When she reads something bad about me on the Internet, she will rip up that computer. So,” he added with a laugh, “you better be careful with what you write about me, or she will rip you up, too. Be very afraid, hahahaha!”


Directed by Bryan Singer (who has been doing the franchise since the original, also the producer on the current one), X-Men: Days of Future Past brings together the well-loved characters from the original X-Men film trilogy to join forces with their younger selves from the past (X-Men: First Class) in order to change a major historical event and fight an epic battle that could save the world’s future. Aside from Hugh, actors from the original are on board, including Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen and Ellen Page. The new players include (aside from Dinklage) James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Anna Paquin, Nicholas Hoult and Jennifer Lawrence who is so unforgettably lovable as Raven/Mystique who mutates into varied characters in the wink of an eye.




Later that afternoon, I did a one-on-one with Hugh (my fourth after Australia, Les Miserables and Wolverine). Excerpts:


to see you so well, so healthy…minus the plaster on your nose.


“Thank you. Feeling good. It’s good to be here in Singapore and thank you for coming (to the junket).”


Back with your lethal claws, huh!


“I’m very excited about the movie.”


You’re Wolverine and you can mutate, regenerate whatever in your body needs regeneration. Can you do it? (Joke!)


“Oh, you mean my nose? I have a mild form of skin cancer (basal-cell carcinoma) taken out the other day.” (Adding with a laugh) “I don’t heal as quickly as Wolverine does.”


How does one get that kind of cancer and how do you avoid it?


“It’s a sun damage mainly from since I was a kid. I wasn’t much into wearing sunscreen back then. I’m an Australian with English parents and English sort of blood, so I was very much at risk, something that we didn’t know back then. The important thing is to wear sunscreen when you go under the sun. That I do now. I undergo regular skin check-up.”


Hugh, you lost more than 25 lbs. for Les Miserables (as Jean Valjean) and you worked out really hard for Wolverine. Did you do any special training for this movie?


“You know, for so many years I’ve been playing Wolverine and my diet involves eating more often. I used to eat three times a day and now I’m taking five to six small meals per day. My energy is much better. Even when I was losing weight for Les Miz, I was eating several times a day because that way my metabolism keeps going.”


And you keep doing that up to now?


“I kind of have more time. I realized that I take a minimum of six months to get into shape. It’s a pretty extreme body shape that I’m working out hard for, extremely lean, and that takes time. Luckily, I had 12 months to do it before I shot for Wolverine and then I did another movie before I started working on this X-Men.”


In a scene in Wolverine, you are shown being given a rub-cleansing by two women in the bathtub. Now in X-Men, one scene shows you getting up from bed after making love with a woman and you stand fully naked in front of the mirror…luckily with your back to the camera. How do you feel during the shoot of such scenes? You will excite millions of women around the world. Did you do a special workout for that?


“Oh yeah! I remember exactly when we shot that scene…May 21. If you ask a body double to do it for you, he will have to follow a specific program to get a certain body shape and that’s how I treated it. Your diet has to be changed drastically for weeks before, you don’t drink any liquid for 36 hours before the shoot so you dry up and you look much leaner and tighter. All these things I had to do to make sure that I was in peak condition.”


You have a Chinese mutant in the current X-Men (played by Fan Bingbing). What about a Filipino mutant in a future X-Men movie?


“That would be great! I think we should really have one. You know, the X-Men is becoming more and more international not only among the fans but the storyline, and that’s exactly how it should be. Our world is getting more interdependent. We’re all coming together on many things. I think we need to come together in the spirit of tolerance and acceptance. There should be more characters in the world and in the movies, too.”


Good idea!


(Joking) “Maybe you could be the first Filipino mutant, why not!”


Actually, there are several Filipino actors who could play the role.


“I will have to see.”


At 45, you have been doing the X-Men franchise for 14 years and that’s one-third of your life. How do you see yourself and the franchise 14 years from now?


“I have no idea. I don’t even know what I’d be doing next year. The prospects excite me. You know, part of being an actor or being an artist is that you have to listen to inspiration along the way. Fourteen years ago, I didn’t even imagine I would be here. Who knows where we all would be 14 years from now. But you know, the franchise is in better shape than ever. It can go in any direction. It’s an exciting world and the franchise can go on forever.”


I presume that the Logan/Wolverine character now feels like second skin to you.


“Yeah. I will get in trouble with my wife if I say it. But, yes, I feel like it’s a second marriage. When you play a role, you have to know him, you have to love him, you have to absorb him, you have to be not just like him but him.”


After the one-on-one, although having a photo with the star-interviewee or getting his autograph is a no-no among the journalists invited to the junket, I took the risk (like I did during my previous encounters with Hugh), followed what the fans did during the Blue Carpet and asked Hugh if we could do a “selfie.” He said, “Why not?” and took my iPhone, moving me a bit here and a bit there to get the right lighting. Click!!!


Yes, Hugh Jackman is very accommodating in his own “selfie” way and that’s why journalists have learned to be on familiar footing with him.

I don’t even know what I’d be doing next year. The prospects excite me.

I find the prospect that he is now looking at various options to be very exciting! I wonder what film scripts he is currently looking at. If he does XMEN:APOCALYPSE (due out summer 2016)- not a full-on role... and back to back with the next Wolverine solo (due out March 2017), I hope that leaves some room for a new film project going in a different direction!

Jo

[jo]

More promo video clips in Melbourne --


cdn.novafm.com.au/station/national/show/fitzy-and-wippa/video/hugh-jackman-fast-food


I also remember that when he completed the weight-losing phase in LES MISERABLES, the first thing he ordered in England was a huge burger with all the trimmings!

I wonder if he has ever tried the sinfully-expensive and-tasty Boulud hamburger with truffles in NYC - yum!

THE ORIGINAL DB BURGER
Sirloin Burger filled with
Braised Short Ribs
Foie Gras & Black Truffle
Parmesan Bun, Pommes Frites
32.

at DB Bistro Moderne on West 44th?

Jo

[jo]

There's another delightful interview with best mate Gussie "known him since he was 5, sez Jacko" Worland and his Grill Team mates. Sorry, the link won't reproduce but if you search the Twiiter link for Hugh Jackman, you'll easily find it.

*Gus says his favorite performance of Jacko is in ERSKINEVILLE KINGS. Hugh says Deb agrees with that!
*Hugh shares that the lead role in PAN is a young Aussie named Levi Miller
*The Grill Team are coming over for the NYC Marathon ( this November?) and Hugh said they have no choice but he will drag them to the theatre ( for THE RIVER).
*Such "boys will be boys" talk, esp with Hugh's (in)famous nude scene in DAYS OF FUTURE PAST.
*Hugh was blackmailed into tweeting about the Human Centipede supposed role, otherwise Gus threatened to share the story of Jacko and Wendy at a certain beach

Jo