Prime Minister Julia Gillard is hip and trendy, okay you guys? She hangs out on Google+, uses The Twitter and tours cool, relevant film sets for cool, relevant movies like The Wolverine. Plus, she uses words like “incredibly groovy” to describe the people on set yesterday at Fox Studios, where the PM got chummy with hirsute Hollywood A-lister, Hugh Jackman. Groovy, right?
Along with director James Mangold, Jackman and Julia were there to announce the start of the $100+ million production on the sequel to X Men Origins: Wolverine, a movie the government have invested $12.8 million in with hopes of generating $80 million in return. After exchanging pleasantries about the importance of investing in local jobs, Hugh – ever the actor – deviated from the script, telling assembled press that:
“We just did a quick audition, she’s incredible. I don’t know if you know of her martial arts background. This movie is set in Japan and she really is very handy with the sword and the nunchakus.”
Awkward! Because of, well, KEVIN RUDD, and that oft pointed at knife/sword protruding from his back!
Skip to 3:50 below to watch the ensuing awkward laughter and catch a very real flash of horror dart across Prime Minister Gillard’s face. You just can’t catch a break when you’re wearing Wolverine claws.
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