Hugh Jackman: So you guys all saw the movie right?

Q: Yes

HJ: Alright, just checking.

Q: When did you see it?

HJ: I haven’t seen the finished, finished, I saw it probably a month ago, so what I’ve seen is essentially the same thing but there were many effects coming in so…

Q: Did you know about the little tag they put in at the end about…Well I don’t want to spoil it but…

HJ: I’ve heard, yeah, everyone stayed for the credits?

Q: yes

HJ: I heard about it and I said Brett, no one sits through credits.

Q: They said we had to, they locked the doors

Q: So how do you feel about this stage in Wolverine evolution as a member of the team, is he more comfortable now with the responsibility?

HJ: Yes, the second part, becoming part of a team is pretty much a given at the front. I said to the guys. like after the first script I got, he had a room at the mansion I said I just can never see him having a room there, it may have happened in the comic book but I’m like I think that always going to be a bridge too far for him to cross. But, it’s a given that he’s part of the team, so this movie is really about what role does he take. And as you know there is a huge shake up you know in the team fairly early on so will he step up or won’t he. Because he is essentially a loner and essentially if something needs to be done he just does it himself and doesn’t feel comfortable relying on anybody else.

Q: There’s been talk about the Wolverine prequel. How soon is that gonna get going or do you think there will be an X-Men 4 before that?

HJ: No I don’t think there will be an X-Men 4, we have a second draft in from David Danioff, who is an amazing writer and a huge fan, and I’m very excited about it. I would say Wolverine is going to be next as for when that happens, I don’t know. It’s looking very exciting.

Q: Are we going to see familiar villains from the X-Men Universe or are we just gonna…

HJ: Too early to say, too early to say, it’s even a little…no…it’s fair to say it’s probably going to be a prequel but it’s too early to say exactly who will be in it…basically I wouldn’t tell you in other words (laughing) but I thought it would be nice to say it’s too early. (smiling)

Q: So where would you like to see, if they stick with the X-Men franchise, where would you like to see the character of Wolverine go next, in terms of the future.

HJ: I don’t know, I haven’t thought of it, I think at the end, it’s pretty enormous what happens in this movie it’s very unsure, even though there’s this, I think a fairly good place in terms of the world where humans and mutants stand it’s pretty unsure of what is going to happen next.

Q: The fact that he basically kills the woman he loves for the greater good, what do you think, just for the sake of speculation how do you think he would progress from that point on?

HJ:  Well it’s the ultimate heroic act. What he has done, it’s really one of the themes of this movie, how far would you for the woman you love or the person you love? And it’s a complicated love, as you know, it’s unrequited and even in this…so it’s really, I love that about the film, I think at the end of this he going to be as tortured and conflicted internally as he has ever been. Even though he has kind of heroically continually crossed that line of doing the greater good. So personally I don’t know, a lot of therapy I guess. It would be like Tony Soprano’s version. (laughing)

Q: Have you thought about that in real life, like how far would you go for your wife in real life? Have you thought about that?

HJ: My guess is that when you love someone or something that much as I feel for my family for example it would go beyond thinking about it or if something happen, you hear stories of mother’s lifting chairs or jumping in front…I am sure you just do it. So I can tell you now sitting around a table I would probably do anything for them but wait until we were there we would know…that’s my guess.

Q:  Can you talk about the difference between Bryan’s and Brett’s styles?

HJ: Bryan I think, both are great filmmakers, Brett has done an amazing job for this film I think he’s put his mark on it. It’s a more emotional film. He’s a very visceral passionate guy, you know exactly what he is thinking at all times, he can’t hold stuff in.  He’s a very happy guy, he loves what he does and I feel that comes across. Emotional as this movie is, there is still a sense of fun about it and there’s some good laughs, and I think people are going to watch this movie and even fans, will be a bit shocked and even a bit angry at some of the turns of events are still going to have a good fun time. Bryan is quite cerebral, very intelligent, a great filmmaker with a great eye and ultimately what Brett did smartly was he didn’t try and reinvent the wheel. I don’t think someone who’s not really (inaudible, sounded like carrot) with movies will hugely be able to tell the difference in terms of style, I don’t think he tried to reinvent it as I said but I think he’s managed to kind of elevate emotionally, the characters.

Q: There was talk, there was a rumor going around, that when you visited the Superman set, that you filmed a cameo. Is that true?

HJ: No. I went out to dinner with Bryan, in fact I heard it many times for the last month. It’s really not true.

Q: Yeah, we saw the film and it we didn’t see it.

HJ: How was it?

Q: Good, a little long.

HJ: 251?

Q: That’s the cut we saw.

Q: Was X-Men 3 a happier set, there were stories on Xmen 2, there were reports that Halle and Bryan Singer had clashes.

HJ: Well I’ll speak from my point of view because that’s all I can, and I’ve loved making all three. Bryan is a different director than Brett. Bryan is intense at times and he’s a friend and I loved working with him so I can’t speak for the others but my perspective was that we were a pretty close-knit family. Before when we were all meeting and there’s no sense of this is Hollywood and (uncomfortable) hi, how you doin’, trust me everyone is very friendly and no one had to do the third one and we all came on board. I thought the script was the strongest of the three. For me I had a blast. Brett is a very different style to Bryan and Brett’s on three cell phones at once during a take and you have to say, Brett, we can hear you from here mate! (laughing) You know. But it’s all, both of them kind of love what they do both of them are very intense and passionate so there’s always gonna be a little bit of this.