EDDIE THE EAGLE : Promotion and Box Office

[jo]

I bet this was never on Hugh's bucket list in the past -- a rare experience indeed!


Replacing the first video with this one ( slightly longer and a little clearer, including audio)

[mamaleh]

Wow, you can't take the daredevil out of the boy. He feels the need---the need for speed, to quote Tom C.

He must really love to explore military jets. Remember he also visited an air force base in Israel? I don't think he flew then, though.

LOL, he cited his major accomplishment as not throwing up. ("Glad I didn't puke, mate.") He is truly made of pretty tough stuff. Amazing video.

Thanks for posting.

Ellen

[jo]

I thought this was really funny --

“As we keep getting closer to takeoff, I keep thinking to myself, ‘They do know that I’m just an actor right?’

He was a little apprehensive that the pilot might think he was made of sterner stuff and do some of those stomach-churning stuff ( like when you see a plane roll over in the sky and do fantastic dives, etc)

That he is just an actor, not Evel Knievel

Jo

[jo]

Hugh Jackman ‏@realhughjackman · 9h9 hours ago

Awesome hang with the students and teachers @slammiaofficial @taronegerton @dexfletch @eddieeaglemovie

[jo]

Eat your heart out, Deadpool

[jo]

LOLOL!

[njr]

Feb 19, 2016 17:26:40 GMT -5 jo said:

It seems Hugh did really take off on a jet!!!!


www.facebook.com/NASFortWorthJRB/



www.facebook.com/275300504707/photos/pcb.10154038447944708/10154038443384708/?type=3&theater



Please keep scrolling down for the first link...and keep clicking on the photos for the second link.

"Distinguish" guests? Somebody forgot spellcheck! LOL!

Nancy

[njr]

Feb 20, 2016 3:50:52 GMT -5 jo said:

I thought this was really funny --

“As we keep getting closer to takeoff, I keep thinking to myself, ‘They do know that I’m just an actor right?’

He was a little apprehensive that the pilot might think he was made of sterner stuff and do some of those stomach-churning stuff ( like when you see a plane roll over in the sky and do fantastic dives, etc)

That he is just an actor, not Evel Knievel

Jo

It looked like at one point, the pilot did roll the plane all the way over!
I would have been scared to death and probably puked!

Nancy

[njr]

Feb 20, 2016 7:01:56 GMT -5 jo said:

LOLOL!

I love the Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman that they painted on the jet!

Nancy

[jo]

John Zuchelli Verified account  ‏@tvzuke · 36s36 seconds ago

#Wolverine Hugh Jackman working out with Oakland Tech students today. He is starring in #EddieTheEagle @nbcbayarea

Bay Area? Oakland?

Is that part of the roadshow?

Jo

[annetter]

is there no end to this man's energy, talent and stamina?

[jo]

Hugh Jackman ‏@realhughjackman · 4h4 hours ago

Awesome hang today with @taronegerton @moneylynch , @fam1stfamilyqb and all the Bulldogs! @eddieeaglemovie

[jo]

Hugh is in Oakland to promote EDDIE THE EAGLE in the Bay Area -- and he spent some time with M.Lynch doing some football drills with high school students. Remember he used to play rugby?

www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Hugh-Jackman-Marshawn-Lynch-Lead-Oakland-Students-in-Football-Drill-369557961.html

Check out the video clip.

I bet Matthew Vaughn never knew or realized that he would get an actor/athlete when he was thinking of how to promote EDDIE THE EAGLE.


Jo

[jo]

[jo]

[jo]

Please scroll down for the FANCY SHANTY INTERVIEW with Hugh and Taron --

taron-egerton.org/category/eddie-the-eagle/

[jo]

Hugh enjoys the football drill and even makes a mean quarterback throw

Hugh Jackman the Next Jarryd Hayne?

Hugh Jackman didn't just participate in Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch's football drills. He took it to the next level, getting intense and taking each skill test seriously. Hugh actually completed a bomb to Josh Johnson and impressed many high school kids who watch him get involved.

Jo

[jo]

From Josh Johnson --





Did Hugh really catch that football in the second to the last photo?

I thought he had only successfully thrown a great one - a bomb, from another photo?

He is really very athletic and he is 47!

[mamaleh]

Very impressive athleticism.

Ellen

[jo]

If this doesn't still impress Oscar that he has a cool Dad, I don't know what else can


Jo

[jo]

I've just checked the video clip where Ryan Reynolds crashed the press junket of EDDIE THE EAGLE and interviewed Hugh.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqLVvj6Ks20

Guess what - it has gone viral - a little more than 3.25 million hits since it was uploaded on YouTube (Feb 16).

Hope some percentage of that will be enticed to see EDDIE THE EAGLE when it opens soon!


Jo

[jo]

Who does it better -- asking Hugh incisive questions : Deadpool or Eddie the Eagle



Ahhh... the secret of the kilt! That sounds like a secret society




Jo

[jo]

Now it's Wolverine's turn : putting Taron Egerton from Aberystwyth! under the grill

[jo]

Now, Hugh is part of Twitter messages of the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE - ahem!!

twitter.com/DeptofDefense

And BLEACHER REPORT, one of the most read online sports pages, shares his football drill with M.Lynch --


bleacherreport.com/articles/2618697-marshawn-lynch-and-hugh-jackman-coach-football-for-oakland-tech-high-school

[jo]

Did Hugh really spend an hour flying on the F-16 ??

Or maybe the hour included the pre-flight training and the suiting up?



www.star-telegram.com/living/article61764842.html

Eddie the Eagle’ stars Jackman, Egerton land in Fort Worth



Highlights
Hugh Jackman, Taron Egerton screen film at Naval Air Station

Film tells story of Olympic ski jumper from Britain

Jackman soared over North Texas in F-16 Fighting Falcon

Hugh Jackman prepares for his F-16 flight. “Wolverine” refers to his role in “X-Men” movies. David Martindale - Special to the Star-Telegram





By David Martindale
Special to the Star-Telegram



Eddie the Eagle has been grounded.

Leave it to the 301st Fighter Wing, based at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, to clip the iconic Olympian’s wings.

Mind you, this isn’t the real Eddie. This is the “reel” Eddie, actor Taron Egerton, who plays the title role in Eddie the Eagle, a feel-good movie about Britain’s lovable last-place ski jumper, an unlikely fan favorite from the 1988 Calgary Winter Games. The film opens Friday.

Egerton came to North Texas last week — along with co-star Hugh Jackman and director Dexter Fletcher — for two days of pre-release screenings that included a red-carpet event in Plano.

On this day in Fort Worth, it’s Jackman, not the movie’s lesser-known leading man, who experiences the adventure of a lifetime.

Egerton is an earthbound spectator while Jackman flight-suits up and takes to the skies in the rear seat of an F-16 Fighting Falcon.



Members of the 301st even stencil the call sign of “Wolverine” onto the side of the fuselage. With this gesture (which references the actor’s “X-Men” fame), the Air Force Reserve officially claims Jackman as one of their own.


“Having this opportunity is a dream come true,” Jackman says in a pre-flight interview. “I’m fully aware how lucky I am.”



Flying over Fort Worth


It’s a beautiful blue-sky mid-70s Friday afternoon when Jackman’s aircraft, piloted by Lt. Col. David Efferson, 457th Fighter Squadron commander, zips across North Texas, more than 8,000 feet high.

They are just a blip on a radar screen as Egerton and Fletcher observe from the base air traffic control tower.



If Egerton, an up-and-coming movie star in his own right, is jealous, he doesn’t show it. “I spent enough time in the air as Eddie the Eagle,” he says. “Today I’m keeping my feet on the ground.”

That said, Egerton adds that he wouldn’t mind if Jackman “yacks in the cockpit” so he can tease him throughout the rest of the publicity tour.



Alas — and fortunately — Jackman proves to have a cast-iron stomach.

Eventually, Egerton (who’s best known for 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service) gets his moment to shine, donning a headset to issue radio flight instructions from the control tower.

“Hello, Wolf Cub. This is Eagle Nine,” he begins. Then he pads his role with some ad-libbed gibberish: “Alpha Tango Bravo Delta Charlie Oscar. … Thank you very much, Hugh. Have a safe flight.”



Hours later, back on Earth, Jackman is still soaring.

“That was about the most incredible one hour of my life,” he declares.

Then Jackman, Egerton and Fletcher host a special screening in the base’s movie theater for a packed house of active and reserve sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines.



Before the night is over, the Eddie the Eagle trio turn their backs to the audience so they can include everyone in a 400-person selfie.




Bo Derek connection

The movie is a resounding hit with this crowd. But that’s hardly a surprise. Michael “Eddie” Edwards, the man who inspired the film, always had a knack for winning people over with his never-say-quit attitude.

After narrowly failing to make the British Olympic team in downhill skiing, he switched to ski jumping, an event in which Britain had no athletes competing. At first Eddie was dismissed as a novelty act, much like the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team, but ultimately he won everyone’s hearts, then their admiration.

The best sports movies are often about something deeper than just winning the championship — and that’s definitely the case with Eddie the Eagle.

“Spoiler alert: He doesn’t win,” says Jackman, who plays Eddie’s coach. “As a matter of fact, he comes in last. Yet you cheer and you pull for him and fall in love with him in the movie just like everyone did in the 1988 Olympics.

“He was a folk hero, because he’s an example that you don’t have to win to be a winner in life.”

The shaggy-dog story of the Jamaican bobsledders quickly became a movie (1993’s Cool Runnings), but it took more than 25 years for Eddie to rate the same treatment.

Jackman, Egerton and Fletcher choose not to question why no one jumped on the story before now.

“We wouldn’t have been in it if someone made it 25 years ago,” Jackman says. “Taron wasn’t even born yet when Eddie was competing.”

“Every movie has its time,” Fletcher adds.



And speaking of time, this is when we’re told we’ve got just 30 seconds left for our interview.

It’s not enough time for another question and answer, so instead everyone takes a moment to daydream about fantasy woman Bo Derek. The actress doesn’t appear in this movie — but, boy, oh, boy, Jackman’s character memorably sings her praises during a most unconventional coaching session.

“I did a lot of research watching the movie 10,” Jackman jokes.

“That movie is seared into my memory,” Fletcher says.

The Eddie the Eagle trio can say the same now about their visit to Fort Worth — that the city is seared into their memories, albeit for different reasons.

This was one adventure they’re not going to forget.