Hugh Jackman is convinced that Whitney Houston wrote this song about him | FULL INTERVIEW
Sep 4, 2026
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AI GeneratedHugh Jackman discusses his role in the dark and violent film *The Death of Robin Hood*, contrasting it with traditional versions of the legend. He also touches upon his experience with Marvel, his admiration for co-star Jodie Comer, and shares lighthearted anecdotes about his personal life and other projects.
She's 100% says it and as a kid totally yeah as a kid I was like guys I'm used to Wolverine
he goes Josh ship detective yes no we didn't want to know if you're in the new Avengers film
give us three words about Avengers Doomsday just three words oh three words um welcome Hugh Jackman
I am so excited my first question is is if we were going to give you some walk on music walk
in music what would be your sort of life anthem what's your song um I think for the morning I
need to be woken up give me some I don't know if this is my actual but just give me some acdc
we don't have that we've made something specially for you do you want to hear it
I do want to hear it of course
okay if if by the time I'm doing this interview someone can get the Whitney Houston I will always
love you queued up I want to play something that played the very do you know what I'm talking about
go to the very end of the song she does say it she's 100% says it and as a kid totally yeah
as a kid I was like guys guys I was I was like 15 when that came out we've got a clip here should
okay she puts an H on there she emphasizes the H right here you go singers if you want to say you
just put an H in but anyway we are not here to talk about your musical career today we are here
to talk about the death of Robin Hood yeah that was a bit of a downer also this is like you know
we've we've never we've not seen you like you know we haven't seen Robin Hood like this before
have we this is this is quite this is dark oh it's dark it's violent people speak of Robin Hood
tell his stories they're all lies he was not a hero the beginning of the movie is so hard
deliberately uncomfortably violent because it's imagined so the writer director saw a thing about
the death of Robin Hood which was written in the 1500s and and it's like this long it's a song and
he thought okay let me imagine what would that really be like what would the end of Robin Hood's
life be like once the merry men have disbanded he's been chased by everybody and that's where
he began so you see him on his own he's living on his own people are trying to find him chase him
down and avenge their uncles or their granduncles and and he's trying to live with the weight of
living a warrior's life i guess i can see everyone going oh but it's actually very i think beautiful
because in the end there's a real redemption for him this beautiful relationship with the prioress
played by Jodie Comer who is who we love i owe you an apology you begged for me to let you die
what's your name
how can you not love her oh i know she's absolutely a brilliant talent what she's
she's an Everton supporter there's only two of us yeah in this country you've got to stick
together i was going to ask you have you ever been to Sherwood Forest have you ever been to
Nottingham no i don't think i've ever been to Nottingham i've got some sad news for you
well there is a tree called the mighty oak yeah and it came down it came down it was held up by
scaffolding most like most of us these days and it fell down and that's where you Robin Hood was
that's so true so it fell as you made the film the death of Robin Hood the tree also collapsed
oh this is it's such a metaphor but talking about Robin Hood obviously Russell Crowe played
yes one of your good friends yeah did you ever chat with him about anything or not no nothing
no i chatted with him but not about that
by the way this is i've saw a sword he's incredible i saw the Kevin Costner i even
saw the little animated fox do you remember the animated fox yes Marianne my love will you marry
me you could have chosen more romantic settings how many people have told me i had a crush on
that fox a lot of people we should do a little radio poll here all right age 21 22 if you fancied
the fox all right okay whilst we're on the subject Jessica Rabbit i mean well 100 i get that one but
you were ginger in Gilligan's Island yeah but i was ginger and Marianne i had a i had a soft swap
for both um your the you have got there were only i think there were 30 people that have got an egot
and i think you have got the e the g and the t yeah do you think Robin Hood could be your o i don't
i am feeling but i'm feeling this is a different place for you this is a different
we haven't seen you in a role like this before
follow me into the dark
we were monsters what are you feeling in your water my waters my waters are dry
i don't know i doubt i doubt it oh no you're just modest um one one thing i'd like to ask so uh
right you famously play wolverine um now we didn't want to know if you're in the new avengers film
well we do don't we well i've got a feeling can you say i got a feeling good morning
i knew it already i knew it he's like a conservative mp but marvel literally put
in a literal chip inside you that will electrocute you yeah totally
there it is he's already done it so as someone who's been involved in the marvel films give us
three words about avengers doomsday just three words oh three words um blank blank blank i have
nothing i have nothing oh yeah lots of actors and lots of actors a good big car okay there we go
big old juicy cast the death of robin hood's in cinemas now hugh it's in cinemas now in cinemas
now go check it out and this weekend uh i've watched it once but gonna watch it again because
this is a great family film which we love and i feel you need to know this it's a film that
keeps my family connected we're gonna watch the sheep detectives for the second time
we have two little showbiz entertainers may interview you the two little ones they were
the bit i totally remember you guys do your funniest face and i'll do my funniest face
because i i'm a bit out of practice this is what happens when you're an adult
ready should we do it on three one two three i love that movie and i'm so glad so many people
have checked it out i was in france the other day and i know apparently i'm meant to be getting out
of here but i'm telling long stories but i was in france i was trying i got there late at night and
there was a hot dog place and i thought i'll get a hot dog and they they sort of opened up for me
one guy was one of the guys abu and abhi abu was from sri lanka abhi was from india and abu goes
you know he's saying he's like no clouds we're finna finna finna finna finna and i said please
and he looks he goes josh and i said well now i'm used to wolverine he goes josh sheep detective
yes oh my god hot dogs i've got the free coleslaw
exactly thanks abu if you've never seen it i feel it's a mix between hot fuzz and babe
literally isn't it it kind of is it's such a great film thanks man honestly we loved it
thank you for bringing my family back together thanks

