- So, Hugh - Yes
X-Men: Days of Future Past looks insanely brilliant. You're resurrecting The Wolverine
once again. And, in my eyes, and I'm sure many other people's, there's none else that
can play Wolverine. Do you feel like he's really a part of you now?
Yeah, he kind of is. It's hard to describe. Something like an older brother of something.
It's been 14 years I've been playing him and I'm enjoying playing him more than ever.
I think, deep down, I know there is a time where I have to hand over the cause. I don't know
when that will be. It may not be my decision, by the way. In fact that's more likely to
be the case, so I'm really making the most of it. I turn up on day one on set with this
incredible cast who- we bonded so closely. It was my first film and for many of us, our
first big, major film and we were all so close. I feel unbelievably grateful. I feel I do
know him really well.
Obviously you're working with Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in this film. It's the first time,
I guess, you two have worked together in X-Men films.
-Yeah. -What's she like?
Because you must have seen her grow and she's the name on everyone's lips at the moment.
Well, almost more than anyone I can think of, what you see is what you get. The reason
people love her, first of all, she's a phenomenal actress. She has so much fun doing what she
does. She's so down to Earth. She's got a lot of brothers, I think two brothers has
she got? And there's a lot of boys on this set. Honestly, there was me and James McAvoy,
Michael Fassbender, Nick Hoult... She can mix it with the boys, trust me. She invented
this game actually. I don't know if she invented it, but she brought it onto set where if you
made that sign and someone looked at that sign, if you looked- you know the game?
- Yeah, my ex used play that- - She's a killer! Is that why it's an ex?
- My ex used to play it and you wouldn't-
- Is that why it's an ex now? Because of-
She is a killer and she can take a punch and if you punch and you give her like a girly punch,
she will get so mad at you. 'Don't you patronise me! You punch me!'
'Alright, but you're Jennifer Lawrence.' 'I don't care!'
And I'm like, 'alright!'
Now obviously a lot of people aren't going to have seen the film or anything from it,
just the trailers. i'm gonna put you on the spot and see, I know a lot of people are going
to as you about the plot of the film, could you potentially sing us the plot of the film?
In the future the world is so terrible. Dystopian. The extinction of mutants is near. Wolverine
comes to the rescue. He's sent back in the past. He goes to the seventies to fix it all.
Brilliant.
There you go.
Very well done.
It was a little folky for the seventies. And now old Wolverine... There you go.
That was good, that was good.
- Thanks -Thank you very much.
I've got a little game I want to play with you. I've got some mutant powers here-
- Does it involve this? - No, it doesn't involve that!
Ah, you're good!
I've got some mutant powers, and I would like you to give a mutant name fore them.
Alright, yeah.
- So if you get your thinking cap on. - Let's go for it.
The ability to summon an army of ducks to your command at any time.
Um... Duck-dictatorto. There you go, the Duck-dictatorto.
Good, good. Anything you touch turns to bread.
To bread? Um... Carbo King.
Good one, good one. The ability to regenerate lost limbs, but they come back slightly smaller.
Hahaha, um... Diminuendo!
I like- these have all got a kind of theme, haven't they.
- They're very strong names. - They all finish with 'O.'
I'm doing slightly McKellen on the 'O.'
The telekinetic ability to levitate root vegetables.
Hahaha, Vegertarian-uppo!
And finally, let's do one more. Detachable teeth that can be thrown like knives.
Uh. My Grandma-o!
That's very good. Did you come up with all of those?
- I had a bit of help. - Did you?
I had a bit of help, but you've done very-
Got the interns to come up with those?
- Absolutely. - Nice!
If there were any other X-Men, you are Wolverine, but if there was anyone else that you could play,
who do you think it would be?
You know, I would kind of like Magneto. Play Magneto. Now that's a great part. Wearing
the helmet the whole time might get a little old but it's a great part to play. Actors
always like the kind of- that's probably why I like Wolverine. He is a good guy but he's
not a nice guy. And the same with Magneto.
Do you see, because obviously Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen, on twitter certainly,
are legends. Do you see that on set as well?
Completely. One of my fondest images of the two of them is walking to set from the base
camp arm-in-arm. And they were doing a play so they'd be running their lines off the set.
Running their lines. But they really are such close friends, you know? I think Ian actually
married Patrick and his wife. He conducted the ceremony.
I remember seeing the picture. Yeah, they are amazing.
But they are fun. They're like little kids, the two of them.
Do you ever get in on the action. Get in on their selfies and...
I would, I try. No, I do. I love those guys so much. And the both of them, they were very
much the spine of those first movies and the heart and soul of them, you know? And they
still are, I think. And I think James and Michael have done a brilliant job to fill
those shoes. Big shoes to fill.
They are certainly that. I can't wait to see the entire film anyway, but good luck with it
and thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
Cheers Hugh.