Hugh Jackman has revealed he is consuming a whopping 5500 calories a day as he beefs up to play Wolverine again. Appearing on This Morning, Jackman said his food is all measured out for him, to make sure he takes in exactly the right amount.

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ALISON HAMMOND: A little bit of Wolverine coming back?

HUGH JACKMAN: Wolverine's coming back.

ALISON HAMMOND: Is he?

HUGH JACKMAN: He is.

ALISON HAMMOND: How exciting.

HUGH JACKMAN: I'm doing-- I'm doing a movie with Deadpool. I don't like saying the actor's name.

[LAUGHTER]

Because he loves it.

ALISON HAMMOND: Is that still going on? Is this feud still happening?

HUGH JACKMAN: I feel I've risen above it. Clearly not.

ALISON HAMMOND: Clearly you haven't.

HUGH JACKMAN: No.

[LAUGHTER]

It's still going on.

ALISON HAMMOND: Are in training at the moment, is that true?

HUGH JACKMAN: I'm in training.

ALISON HAMMOND: Intense training?

HUGH JACKMAN: Let's call it intense.

ALISON HAMMOND: I don't like when you're in intense training because you never take me out for a drink or we can't go for food because you're, like, so busy.

- That well known trust that you two have.

ALISON HAMMOND: I don't like it.

HUGH JACKMAN: However, Alison, we could always go and hit it at the gym. We could go and have--

- You have your heavy weights though.

ALISON HAMMOND: I do like heavyweights, I'm not-- you do heavy weights?

HUGH JACKMAN: Yeah.

ALISON HAMMOND: Yeah, I like them.