Hugh Jackman thanks his team for getting him ready for Deadpool & Wolverine

Hugh Jackman impressed all with his physique as he made a comeback as Wolverine for the Shawn Levy directorial Deadpool amp Wolverine Over a month after the successful run of the movie that also saw Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool Jackman took to social media to share a nearly fourminute voice note to express his appreciation to his eightmember personal team who heled him get ready for the film and look the way he did in the film He also praised Shawn Levy ad Ryan ReynoldsI am grateful pictwittercom1OdGjhe3HFmdash Hugh Jackman RealHughJackman September 4 2024Jackman on his dietJackman began the audio note in his soothing voice by saying Irsquove had a lot of people who talk to me and ask me questions about how I got into shape ldquoWhat I did what I ate how I trained how hard is it at your age Just wanted to take a second and say yeah I had to turn up I had to do those deadlifts I had to eat those meals but I had an incredible team who helped me Therersquos no hope in hell I would have gotten there without them When I say team Im going to mention like eight peopleFirst I mainly want to mention Beth Lewis whos been my trainer for five years now and has trained me for doing an arena show for doing a Broadway musical and for doing this he saidI am in better shape and when I say shape what I mean is physical health My knees my shoulders which have bothered me for years are gone Shes helped me get through this get the results I needed but feeling fantastic She never makes me overwork She made me realize that I had been overworking in the past She always was present thoughtful kind and then when it was time to push me she could push me Beth you really were the quarterback for this whole thing and I am beyond grateful that I have you supporting me on these journeys that I am on And there was a period when I was in London where my friend Michael Ryan came in to train me for about a month Beth had to go back and we were on hiatus because of the strikeHe further praised Michael Mike and I have been training together since I was 21 So that was just awesome And then I want to talk about the people who helped me eat right Because for a year I didnt have to think about what I was cooking I just had someone counting up my macros For a year and a half I had someone preparing me meals which made it so much easierThe lubes for Hugh jokeJackman also spoke about his makeup artist who ensured he looked perfect in every frame Then there was Whitney my makeup artist who was called in to put on some kind of oil to make my skin glistenYou would hear Shawn Levy yell out fresh lube on Hugh and everyone would sort of cringe a little bit Not cringe laughThe climax sceneWhile Im at it Ryan and Shawn and Im saying this as producers as directors who are like constantly like tell me the date you want it when were doing that power room scene with your shirt off what date is it said Jackman recalling the climax scene which sees him flaunt his tones body in close up shotsOn the day because I was grumpy I was not having water the night before I was eating tilapia and beans for days And how to make that day work best for me Everyone on set was just making it easy So if youre still listening thank you But its really important to me that I acknowledge those people who have spent a lifetime doing what they do I mean theyre at the top of their game Theyre the best in the world and I feel so privileged to have them in my corner and I would not have achieved that result without them So thanks he concluded