Sep 6
Listen: Still in Superhero Shape, Hugh Jackman Posts Audio Explanation and Thirsty Pic of Buff Bod
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
Hugh Jackman, still ripped from reprising his superhero role in this summer's "Deadpool & Wolverine," left fans thirsting when he posted a jaw-dropping thirst trap on Instagram, along with an audio clip talking about the team effort that got him into such amazing shape.
Captioning the post with the words "I'm grateful," the 55-year-old said, "You know, I've had a lot of people talk to me or ask me questions about how I got into shape, and what I did, what I ate, how I trained, what I did, how hard is it at your age, and all these things. And honestly, I just want to take a second to say, Yeah, I had to turn up and I had to, yep, I had to do those deadlifts, and I had to eat those meals, but I had an incredible team that helped me."
"Because there's not a hope in Hell I would have got there without them," Jackman added.
Among those he mentioned were his longtime trainer, the people who oversaw his nutrition as he built up his physique, and a makeup artist who, Jackman related, "was called in to, yep, put on... I don't even know what it was, some kind of oil to make my skin glisten.
"You'd hear ['Deadpool & Wolverine' director] Sean Levy yell out, 'Fresh lube on Hugh,' and everyone would sort of... laugh," Jackman chuckled.
Fans, too, had fun with the post.
"Hugh jacked man," one person commented.
"I am also grateful," another posted. "I am also so so grateful".
Wrote a third: "That's so amazing, and uplifting. It's the 'fresh lube on Hugh!' For me 🤣"
Check out the photo, as well as the audio clip, below.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
