Hugh Jackman Said Playing Wolverine Left Him With Voice Damage And He Explained How

You're obviously familiar with the handsome and talented Hugh Jackman.

He might be best known for playing Wolverine in the X-Men movie franchise from 2000 to 2017.

Obviously, the role required Hugh to scream, roar, and generally speak in a much deeper tone than his, which he says, unfortunately, caused damage to his vocal chords.

“My teacher at drama school would have been horrified by some of the things I did in Wolverine,” he said in an interview on Front Row by BBC Radio 4 (via Deadline). “I’ve done some damage to my voice, through playing Wolverine.”

“My falsetto is not as strong as it used to be, and I put that down directly to some of the growling and yelling I did," he added.

Hugh's suffered a bunch of other injuries while playing Wolverine, too. He hurt his groin as he attempted a stunt in a harness for the 2000 X-Men movie.

He also hurt his ear after falling into a stationary camera during that same shoot. “Mangled ear, mangled wedding tackle," he mused.

Then, he accidentally clawed himself in the face and thigh on the set of 2003’s X-Men 2, and he almost broke his neck after it got caught during a stunt that required him to swing from the inside of a train in 2013's The Wolverine.

And even so, he's still gonna reprise his role in next year's Deadpool 3! That's some true dedication!