Hugh Jackman Used Film Script As A Bedtime Story For His Son

X-Men star Hugh Jackman has revealed he used the script for his new film Real Steel as a bedtime story for his 11-year-old son.

The actor admitted he didn’t read the film’s script until the last minute, therefore having to swap his son Oscar’s evening reading from Tintin to Real Steel.

“It’s not something I’m particularly proud of,” he told Entertainmentwise. “I had had the script for three or four days, when my agent rang me saying ‘Shawn Levy (Director) is in town, you’re going to meet him tomorrow morning’. But hadn’t read the script.”

“It was 8 o’clock and I was about to read Tintin to my boy so I was like ‘Hey Oscar how bout I read you some of this script, you’re going to love it’. I started reading it and I was really getting into it. This is when I looked up and he said ‘Go on. Go on!’ He made me read it to him for the next ten nights ever night.”

The actor went on to talking about his experiences as a real life father and how they helped him prepare for his role as Charlie Kenton, an irresponsible gambler who finds himself having to take care of his11-year-old son.

“I certainly hope I am a better father than Charlie is, I hope everybody is a better father than Charlie is,” Jackman joked. “We worked hard on the chemistry between Charlie and Max. I have an 11-year-boy so I had to keep on reminding myself that I had to make it a very different relationship in the film because the roles are reversed. In fact he’s more the father and the parent whereas I’m more the kid.”

It was also revealed Real Steel could be turned into a franchise. Something Hugh Jackman seemed more than keen about.

He added: “I loved making this movie, I loved this character and it’s something I really would love to do again.”

Set in a near future where robots have replaced humans in boxing, Real Steel will see Hugh Jackman play a boxing expert who teams up with his son to build a winning boxing robot of his own. Also starring Evangeline Lilly and Kevin Durand, Real Steel will be released October 14.

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