At the end of drama school, I made a contract with myself: I'd try acting for five years. I was 26. I had already spent eight years working in restaurants and gas stations. So I had seen enough small businesses to understand that that's what acting is: a small business.

"We worked a lot on the movement style of Wolverine and I studied some martial arts. "
The Fox-based Seed label has grown in size to include execs Amanda Schweitzer Kathryn Tamblyn Allan Mandelbaum and Joe Marino with Alana Free operating the Sydney-based production office whose goal is to mount modest-budget films to harness local talent in Jackman's home country.

Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films notably as superhero period and romance characters. His work in Les Misérables earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy in 2013.