Every Friday that he's shooting a movie, Hugh Jackman comes to work with a bag full of lottery tickets.
He gives them to everyone who works on his movies: co-stars, camera crews, set hands, the people who cater the food. He doesn't play. Why would he? It's not like the guy needs more good fortune.
Just look at the past year. He hosted the Oscars — and saw ratings rise 13%. His likeness is going up at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. His handprints and footprints were cast in cement last week in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre. He's People's reigning Sexiest Man Alive.
And Friday, he opens the most expensive film of his career, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. But Jackman knows that Hollywood fates can turn on a single flop. And this story had a rough trip on its way to the big screen.
First came reports of creative differences between director Gavin Hood and studio executives. Then, on March 31, an unfinished version of the film leaked online — the largest Hollywood piracy heist yet. No arrests have been made in the case.
So let's all go and watch this movie!
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