SUBMITTED BY Kristin

December 7, 2001 — In Time magazine's November 26th issue there was an article about Hugh Jackman. Here it is... X-MAN LANDS IN CHARM SCHOOL
"There is one inevitable rite of passage for A-list actors eager to prove range: the period role. After all, it's easy to look like a leading man while firing an M-16; less so while wearing tights. Aussie hunk Hugh Jackman's Danskin moment arrives in the upcoming contempo-period piece hybrid, Kate & Leopold. In the film, Jackman portrays a 19th century English duke transported to the 21st century who--what else?--grows smitten with a Manhattan corporate climber (Meg Ryan). Having depicted high-testosterone men in X-Men and Swordfish, he says the role "was a big challenge, though I have quite a bit of English blood. I had to go back to England and hire a coach to teach me some manners." But experience in musicals made him ready for at least one scene that called for a "double-up at the piano," as he puts it. Stop smirking, Mel."