Liev Schreiber is about to get feral, sinking his teeth and claws into the iconic role of Victor Creed, AKA Sabertooth for next summerās prequel film X-Men Origins: Wolverine opposite Hugh Jackman as comicdomās most popular mutant. And as he tells ComingSoon.net/Superhero Hype!, he enjoyed vying with Logan to be the best there is at what he does, even if what he does isnāt very nice.
CS/SHH!: Did you ever think youād be doing a comic book movie like āWolverineā?
Liev Schreiber: No, I didnāt. I always hoped I would, but I never did. It was a sort of natural graduation from āDefiance,ā actually. Itās true. It was a natural next step.
CS/SHH!: Why did you want to do āWolverineā? What was the attraction?
Schreiber: I hope Iām not blowing anyoneās cover here, but I donāt think men really mature intellectually and emotionally beyond 22. Your bodies evolve, but nothing else, really. And so why should I stop wanting to be in a comic book movie?
CS/SHH!: What was your point of entry to the āX-Menā mythology? Were you familiar with the characters from the comic books at all?
Schreiber: I was a fan of the comic books. I just loved the character of Wolverine. I always have. That sort of deeply ironic and very urban sensibility in a superhero was something that I thought was really groundbreaking. And the style of writing wasā¦ particularly the very sort of editorial style. I just always loved it. And I think that we were able to capture some of that darkness in this movie, so Iām very proud of it.
CS/SHH!: So, what can you say about that film, just to touch on it a little, as a character, afterā¦
Schreiber: Iām very excited about it. Iāve seen some footage, and I think itās gonna be really very good.
CS/SHH!: How bad-ass do you look as Victor Creed?
Schreiber: Itās hard for me to say. But Iām really looking forward to people seeing it. I found it to be really intense. The character I play is incredibly brutal and feral, has blood-lust unlike any other character Iāve ever played. This guy is a real killer.
CS/SHH!: Did you enjoy working with Hugh?
Schreiber: I love Hugh. I mean, Hugh is the reason I did it. Weād been friends for a long time. And itās just so much fun to work with himĆ¢ā¬Ā¦To do fight scenes with Hugh was really terrific, because as a dancer, he has that kind of discipline and choreography. And I always studied to be a fight choreographer, and always wanted to be a dancer too, but didnāt quite have the feet for it. But we had some remarkable fight scenes together, and Iām looking forward to people seeing those.
CS/SHH!: As a veteran of superhero action, did Hugh have any advice for doing that kind of movie?
Schreiber: āLift weights.ā [Laughs] I did. I lifted weights, and I ate an army of chickens.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine hits theaters on May 1st. Look for the new trailer in theaters with The Day the Earth Stood Still on Friday.
Source: Scott Huver
