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Hugh Jackman's Teary Confession

Why?

If you get disgusted easily please skip through this story. Hugh Jackman has an odd way of preparing for intense roles that involve tears. He reportedly pulls out his own pubic or nose hair before the scene to inflict pain in order to get teary eyed.

The actor didn't always do this and admitted he used to struggle with teary scenes. He took actor Geoffrey Rush's advice for inflicting pain upon himself just before it's time to shoot.

He explains, "I remembered a great story from Geoffrey Rush, who had to cry in a scene in a play, so he was experimenting with different ways.

"Finally, near the end, just before he'd walk out on stage, he used to pluck out a couple of nose hairs and he'd get that first moment of a tear and then he'd go on and start crying.

"It's very technical and it works! Try it at home. Pubes work even better!"

He used this technique for one scene in the movie "The Fountain." Now that's all I am gonna be thinking about when I watch that movie. Eww!


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jafar
i agree- ewww!!
Posted 2 years ago


eww
Too Much Information HUGH!
Posted 2 years ago


Eww
thats not only disgusting but it's far too much information! gross
Posted 2 years ago


amber
Total misquote!! Hugh was commenting on the David Letterman show that Geoffrey Rush shared a method to generating spontaneous tears on stage. He quipped about another painful location but never claimed to subscribe to the method. He's an incredible actor who needs no "gimmicks".
Posted 2 years ago


JCC
how do you figure its a misquote if he's quoted saying it??
Posted 2 years ago


tina
i have heard of this method before, i guess a lot of actor use it, and do what they can to get the acting right
Posted 2 years ago


Audaz
Now when I see a some of these people cry in movies I am going to have the visual of someone plucking themselves. Ugh!
Posted 2 years ago


tbp
Who cares, Hugh Is lucious.
Posted 1 year 1 month ago

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