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"Pass the plate!\r\nTo prep for the next installment of Wolverine, Hugh Jackman says director Darren Aronofsky asked him to bulk up -- and so far, it&amp;apos;s working!\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Right now, I&amp;apos;m at 210,&amp;quot; the native Australian tells the L.A. Times of his current weight, the result of an intense diet and workout regime. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s 6,000 calories a day. It&amp;apos;s rough.&amp;quot;\r\nAronofsky -- who famously asked Natalie Portman to shed 20 pounds for 2010&amp;apos;s Black Swan -- said he wanted wanted Jackman, 42, to look more muscular than he did in 2009&amp;apos;s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. (The actor was closer to 190 pounds at the time.)\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Darren said with the last one, &amp;apos;Hey you looked great, but you&amp;apos;re so tall that in those long shots you looked kind of like Clint Eastwood, and that&amp;apos;s not Wolverine,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Jackman says. &amp;quot;He said that Wolverine, in the comics, is powerful, stocky...he&amp;apos;s short and thick. So he said, &amp;apos;I want you to go there, get bigger.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAccording to Jackman, packing on the pounds hasn&amp;apos;t affected his health too much -- for now, at least.\r\n&amp;quot;If I have&amp;#xA0; a massive heart attack, well, you tell everyone what I was going for,&amp;quot; he jokes."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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