Hugh Jackman

The star of the Wolverine movies speculates on his Marvel character’s submissive side and reveals why he never wears Speedos…

- STEVE NASH

Does Wolverine “manscape’’?

No. His hair is just wild and reckless – very 1970s. Those ridiculous muttonchops! I don’t know why, but whenever I do these movies, the crew always ends up having a mutton chop competition. On the last X-Men, the construction crew all put money in, and I had to come and judge “Best Muttonchops.” I shave my face, but I don’t manscape. My old man had a fair crop of back hair, so I’m thinking that it might be genetic. I ask my wife, Deb, to keep an eye on it.

In the X-Men films, Famke Janssens’s Jean Grey comes off as a dominatrix. Does that mean Wolverine is the submissive?

I can’t see him on all fours, to be honest. Or getting a spanking. He’s overtly tough and rugged. But maybe behind the bedroom door he’s wearing nappies or something, you know, weird.

Do you tire of addressing those crazy rumours that Wolverine is gay?

Well, I think he has a very long history. He’s actually over 100 years old, and maybe it was just a phase.