Liev Schreiber goes psycho this spring.
That is, in his new role as Sabretooth in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He’s finally opening up about his violent character …
He calls Sabretooth’s alter-ego Victor Creed “incredibly brutal and feral, has blood-lust unlike any other character I’ve ever played. This guy is a real killer.”
Luckily he has the help of his longtime friend Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) to play off of in those vicious brawls.
“To do fight scenes with Hugh was really terrific, because as a dancer, he has that kind of discipline and choreography,” he told SuperheroHype.com. “And I always studied to be a fight choreographer, and always wanted to be a dancer too, but didn’t quite have the feet for it. But we had some remarkable fight scenes together, and I’m looking forward to people seeing those.”
Schreiber is a longtime fan of the comic books and says he wanted to make the film because he doesn’t “think men really mature intellectually and emotionally beyond 22.”
“I just loved the character of Wolverine,” he explained. “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 was… 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 I’m very proud of it.”
Jackman helped him along, advising him to “lift weights.” Schreiber confessed, “I did. I lifted weights, and I ate an army of chickens.”
