Then again, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised Jackman is so good in this movie. For a quarter of a century, Fox put this man in movies that, with very few exceptions, ranged from so-so to absolute garbage. Time and again, he elevated the material he was handed with conspicuous dedication...
Award-winning actors Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson star in THE PRESTIGE, the twisting, turning story that, like all great magic tricks, stays with you. Two young, passionate magicians, Robert Angier (Jackman), a charismatic showman, and Alfred Borden (Bale)...
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Hot on the heels of the similarly themedThe Illusionist, 2006’sThe Prestigetook us to late 19th century England. During his magic act, Robert “The Great Danton” Angier (Hugh Jackman) dies and authorities arrest fellow magician Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) for his murder. ...
Hugh Jackmanas Robert Angier/The Great Danton, an aristocratic magician. After reading the script, Jackman expressed interest in playing the part. Christopher Nolan discovered Jackman was interested in the script, and after meeting him, saw that Jackman possessed the qualities of stage showmanship tha...
And it’s a most impressive beast. Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, as the two protagonists, are exceptional in their respective roles as Stage Magicians in the turn of the 20th Century England. As the film opens, we find that they were once friends (well, in a kind of light-hearted ri...
Join Hugh Jackman's Wolverine on an adrenaline-pumping adventure with a group of extraordinary mutants who must navigate their powers, prejudices, and personal struggles in order to save the world from imminent destruction. The X-Men franchise has captivated audiences for decades, garnering c...
Hugh Jackman is a fascinating movie star. Playing a magician better skilled at window dressing than at actual magic in Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige, but also a raw, uncompromising and violent mutant in the X-Men franchise, he’s demonstrated his ability to shift between overt showmanship ...
At first, we just know Tesla as this reclusive figure Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman), a famed magician (under the name The Great Danton) is trying to get ahold of because he knows Tesla built a machine for his bitter rival Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) for his trick The Transported Man....
Hugh Jackman is recalling a professional low point: his days entertaining kids’ parties dressed as a clown. “I can tell you — an eight-year-old’s birthday party is the toughest audience I’ve ever had to face,” he says. One day, after a disgruntled child yelled out “This clown ...