Q&A WithHugh Jackman
By Susan L. Hornik
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Q&A With…Hugh Jackman
By Susan L. Hornik
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In The Fountain, you play three very different roles—all threaded together with the theme of love. Would you recommend people see it on a date? |
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Ultimately, when you go home with the person you are going to watch it with, all of a sudden you are not worried about what time you’re waking up tomorrow, what time you’re going to pick up the kids. You’re like, let’s just talk or take a walk. Let’s connect. I think that’s what’s great about this film. |
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In the movie, you had some pretty steamy moments with your co-star Rachel Weisz, whose partner is the director, Darren Aronofsky. Was that weird at all? |
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One scene was kinda weird because Darren was very close by while Rachel and I were making out! I had made it to second base and the scene kept going on, and I was thinking, “I don’t know if I want to go to third base! He’s sitting right in front of us!” Then he yelled at us, “Take his pants off! Take his pants off!” It was definitely a little odd. By the way, bases are very different, depending on what country you live in. Second base in Australia is making love… just kidding! |
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Do you believe in romantic destiny? |
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I believe in destiny, but I think it’s a far more scientific thing than romance. I believe in cause and effect. I’ve seen it in my life and the lives around me. The thoughts we think, the actions we do, will determine our future. Who knows if there are other lives, maybe there are, maybe this life impacts on the next one, I don’t know. But I think cause and effect is one of the rules of nature. |
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Do you believe that love can last for an eternity? |
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Absolutely. Because love, to me, is that moment when you really connect with someone. It can happen when you make love, but it’s not, in a way, the more base form of that connection. When you fall in love with someone, when you’re lucky enough to have that experience of connecting (not that it always works out!), it can happen with a stranger, even in a platonic way. I heard of a newspaper article about a policeman who risked his life for someone who was trying to jump off a building. When they asked him why he would do that, he said, “I didn’t even think to hesitate. I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t.” So that’s a moment of love too. It goes beyond race, sex, who we know, and I’d like to think even beyond time. That’s the truth that exists under everything. |
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When you met your wife, Deborra-Lee Furness from the Australian prison drama Correlli, was it love at first sight? |
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It was an immediate friendship. Really great friends. Then I realized I had a crush on her, and then I was embarrassed, since she was the star on the show of my very first acting job! And then it was reciprocated, and it went on deepening from there. Love by nature is exactly the same thing, the form of it changes. I love my wife in a different way than I love my children, in a different way than I love my country or my planet, but it is essentially the same thing. See what happens when I have a little wine?! I just keep going! |
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You’ve been married for years, but your wedding ring looks new. What’s up with that? |
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This is actually my fourth wedding ring. I’ve lost three in different oceans all over the world. My wife got me this one so I hope I don’t lose it! |
Contributing entertainment editor Susan L. Hornik is based in Los Angeles.
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