Hugh Jackman Nearly Cut Off Own Penis

Hugh Jackman, star of The Wolverine and X-Men: Days of Future Past, admitted that he almost had a mishap on the set of the new film.  

A mishap that lots of people might have paid a lot of money to witness.

He explained on The Graham Norton Show that he was filming a naked scene and said: “There was a very intense first scene and I insisted on a closed set. I ran round the corner and all the female members of the crew were gathered there.

"I tried to cover myself and cut my inner thigh - it was just the inner thigh thankfully!

"The metal claws had to go - you can't have bits and pieces flying off"

The hot Australian actor has been playing the role of Wolverine since 2000 and has previously talked about how clumsy he is in those claws.

But by now we would have hoped that he would have got to grips with them better - especially when naked and confronted with a gaggle of swooning women. Actually that does sound rather stressful.

The interview on The Graham Norton Show can bee seen in full tonight on BBC One at 10:35pm.

X Men: Days of Future Past will be released in the UK on 22 May.