News Nuggets – May 14, 2004

Hugh Jackman is a koala! We can reveal at last that the actor behind Van Helsing and Wolverine is in fact a marsupial. While Jackman made no bones about his Ozzie roots, no one knew, until earlier this week, that he was actually part of an entirely different species native to Australia. Well, in fact Jackman admitted to doing the "usual stuff" as a jobbing actor, including "dressing up as a koala for kids' parties" prior to becoming the all-singing, all-slaying superstar we know and love. But that's a lot less newsworthy than a 6'2" koala earning millions per movie, so we're going to stick with our version and stock up on eucalyptus for his next interview. Manson is Jesus! In what must stand as one of the oddest casting choices ever made