The movie that is based loosely on Rock Em Sock Em Robots that stars Hugh Jackman as a down on his luck ex boxer and now failure robot fighter. Hugh Jackman plays Charlie who just finds out that his former girlfriend who is also the mother of his son has died. So Charlie
This is the first in potentially an
ongoing series of “On My Radar” blogs looking at an upcoming
movie and a person associated with the movie. In this case actor
Hugh Jackman is starring in Real Steel coming out on October 8.
If you need to promote a movie about boxing robots, what better place than the world of robotic actors - professional wrestling?
Actor Hugh Jackman, who portrays a former boxer-turned-manager in the upcoming "Real Steel," was a guest on WWE "Raw" this week. It didn't take long for the man who also plays Wolverine to stick his claws, er, fist where it did not belong.
The following day, the wrestler punched by Jackman, Dolph Ziggler, tweeted that he had suffered a hairline mandibular fracture - certainly not part of the script, if true.
And give credit to Jackman - he looks like he is having a blast.
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I saw the trailer for "Real Steel" tonight. I had almost forgotten that the movie, starring Hugh Jackman as a former boxer now managing a boxing robot, is on the horizon, with an official release date of Oct. 7. Having seen the trailer, I now realize my subconscious must have blocked it from my memory to protect my few remaining brain cells. The trailer says Jackman was once the No. 2 boxer in the world. To me, this whole films smells like No. 2.
