Hugh Jackman saved two kids from drowning like a real life superhero.
Hugh Jackman might just be about done playing Wolverine, but he’s not done being a superhero in real life situations. The X-Men star was swimming in New South Wales, Australia, when a ferocious rip-tide picked up in the ocean and threatened to pull some unaware swimmers out to sea.
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Jackman, who was there with his son, jumped in the water to save the day just like a real superhero.
The actor helped a young girl’s father save her from being pulled under, before going back to save his own son Oscar as well.
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Video footage from an Australian news network shows the actor in action.
It looks like all those hours in the gym paid off, even if he’s not doing any more movies as Wolverine. Most telling in the video is that Jackman starts helping before the Lifeguards noticed what was happening.
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