James Mangold is “one of the most underrated directors in our business,” according to Hugh Jackman, who introduced a special screening of the filmmaker’s “Ford v Ferrari” at the Tribeca Screening Room in New York City on November 9. The actor added, “To me, it’s a travesty that he has never been nominated [for Best Director at the Oscars]. I saw this movie and I was like, ‘I think this might be his shot.'” Watch Jackman and Mangold’s entire introduction to the film above.
Jackman doesn’t appear in “Ford v Ferrari,” but he is well acquainted with Mangold. After his breakthrough performance as Wolverine in the first “X-Men” movie in 2000, the first person to offer Jackman something besides a tough-guy role was Mangold, who gave him the lead in the romantic comedy “Kate and Leopold” opposite Meg Ryan in 2001. They worked together twice more after that in films where Jackman reprised his...
Jackman doesn’t appear in “Ford v Ferrari,” but he is well acquainted with Mangold. After his breakthrough performance as Wolverine in the first “X-Men” movie in 2000, the first person to offer Jackman something besides a tough-guy role was Mangold, who gave him the lead in the romantic comedy “Kate and Leopold” opposite Meg Ryan in 2001. They worked together twice more after that in films where Jackman reprised his...
- 11/11/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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