Hugh Jackman chats Wolverine!

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“I would put it more in the Batman Begins realm…”

As he prepares to relaunch his wisecracking X-Man with a whole new franchise, Hugh Jackman has been talking up X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

According to the thesp, he’s happy for it to be a different beast than previous X-team outings, as he’s looking more towards the likes of Batman Begins as a template. “We are dealing with a character who is probably one of the darker comic book characters ever created,” Jackman told MTV . “The movie has a lot of fun elements, but there are layers of pain and darkness to this character.”

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