Making the movie had an unforeseen impact on Jackman, whose credibility for being the kindest, cheeriest individual on set follows him all over he goes. “I have always been able to go to sleep quickly and sleep as long as I wanted,” he informed Variety last fall. “But not on this one. I look back now and I’m like, ‘Of course I wasn’t sleeping.’ There’s some history of mental illness in my family, and there was a lot of stuff coming up for me.”
During the shoot, he remembered, “I was waking up at 4 a.m., knowing I hadn’t had enough sleep. Thank God I was playing a part where I was meant to look like s–t, because I was feeling pretty bad.”
Jackman stated the film, which he initially enjoyed independently with Furness and their kids before its splashy best at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, altered him as a moms and dad. “I’m more vulnerable in front of my kids emotionally,” he described. “I’m more verbal about stuff I’m going through, even if it’s stuff to do with them.”
But nevertheless much Jackman selects to share moving forward, in his reported book or otherwise, he’s likewise made it clear that he’s not simply hectic exercising. He’s working whatever out as he goes, too.
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