by Tim Stack

Hugh Jackman enjoys playing Wolverine， but hes way less fond of the training required to get into superhero shape. For The Wolverine， the Marvel characters second solo spin-off[副產(chǎn)品]， Jackman went full-force with his exercise routine[例行程序]. “Im 44， so unfortunately it gets harder and harder，” says the actor. “I started doing two workouts[（體育）鍛煉] a day. I did two hours in the morning and then an hour later， so its like doing three hours a day. Theres no more shortcuts[捷徑]！”

Unfortunately， there were no shortcuts when bringing The Wolverine to the screen. The film， which finds the clawed[有爪的] X-Man battling ninjas[忍者] and the yakuza[日本匪幫] in Japan， was originally[最初] scheduled[確定時間] to begin production in April 2011， under Darren Aronofsky. But that March， the Black Swan director dropped out. “It was frustrating[令人沮喪的] for me as an actor，”admits Jackman， “because the better part of a year was spent thinking I was going to shoot[拍攝]， so I was dieting， training， getting ready to go.”

That same month， a devastating[破壞性的] earthquake and tsunami[海嘯] struck[侵襲] Japan， one of the films main locations[外景拍攝場地]. James Mangold （3：10 to Yuma） came on board in June， but the project didnt come together in time for Jackman to complete it before shooting last years Les Misérables. The extra prep[準備] time was a blessing in disguise[禍中得福]， though， allowing Mangold to refine[精煉] the script—and perfect the films aesthetic[美學的]. “I wanted more night scenes， more rain scenes. I wanted everyone a little sweatier， the air a little heavier， the light a little darker，”says the director， who drew inspiration from classic Japanese cinema and even Clint Eastwoods The Outlaw Josey Wales. “I wanted it to be very visceral[本能的]， physical.” Thats where Jackmans two-a-day workouts came into play[開始活動]. “One of the looks we wanted was this sense of what Hughs trainer calls ‘vein[血管]-iture， like feeling his veins bulging[膨脹]，” Mangold says. “Theres a kind of rawness to his physicality[肉體性]， and he worked very hard to make that happen. Its not Photoshopped.”

雖然休·杰克曼很享受扮演金剛狼一角，但是，提到塑造超級英雄的體型所需的訓練，他可就沒有那么喜歡了。為了出演漫威漫畫角色金剛狼的第二部“單飛”作品，杰克曼全力以赴地投入到例行訓練之中?！拔乙呀?jīng)44歲了，所以很不幸，體育訓練對我來說越來越困難了，”這位演員說?！拔议_始一天做兩次鍛煉，早上鍛煉兩個小時，之后再鍛煉一個小時，所以加起來一天差不多鍛煉三個小時。完全沒有其他捷徑！”

很不幸，把《金剛狼2》搬上銀幕同樣沒有捷徑。這部講述長著利爪的X戰(zhàn)警大戰(zhàn)日本忍者和黑幫的電影原定于2011年4月開始制作，由達倫·阿羅諾夫斯基執(zhí)導。但是當年3月，這位曾經(jīng)執(zhí)導《黑天鵝》的導演卻退出該片的制作。“這令作為演員的我倍感失望，”杰克曼承認道，“因為這一年的大部分時間，我都在想我即將參加該片的拍攝，所以一直在節(jié)食、訓練、做準備?！?/p>

同月，一場毀滅性的地震和海嘯襲擊了該片的其中一個主要拍攝地——日本。6月，詹姆斯·曼高德（《決戰(zhàn)猶馬鎮(zhèn)》）加入。但是由于時間上的沖突，該片未能趕在去年杰克曼拍攝《悲慘世界》之前完成制作。然而，塞翁失馬，焉知非福，這段額外多出來的準備時間卻讓曼高德得以精煉劇本，提升影片的美感。“我希望有更多的夜景和更多的雨景；我希望每個人的汗水再多一點，空氣再凝重一點，光線再暗一點，”這位導演說道。他從經(jīng)典日本電影，甚至從克林特·伊斯特伍德的電影《不法之徒邁？韋爾斯》中汲取靈感?！拔蚁Ｍw現(xiàn)出強烈的本能感和軀體感?！边@就是杰克曼每天兩次訓練發(fā)揮作用的地方了?！拔覀兿胍环N血脈賁張的感覺，用休的教練的話來說，就是‘青筋暴突，”曼高德說?！八纳眢w要有一種野蠻原始的感覺，他很努力地做到這一點。這可不是PS出來的?！?/p>