November 2008
The always inspiring Hugh Jackman
Jackman explains, “I probably shouldn’t be saying this, but I remember when I was about 19, me and my mate used to go to these dance parties which were 80 per cent gay guys, 18 per cent girls who were sick of heterosexual guys hitting on them, and then vultures like me and my mate. “We would go there until two in the morning, when the girls were really drunk and wishing they weren’t with 80 per cent gay guys. (I was) The worst! The leech! The vulture!” However, Jackman is starting to tire of the rumours which still surround him: “I just think the whole idea of judging someone based on their sexuality is ridiculous. In Australia, we’re much easier on all those fronts. I was playing a gay guy. I actually took it as a compliment.”