WHENEVER the perfectly honed Hugh Jackman steps in front of the camera he flashes a confident smile. But behind the dazzling grin, the Wolverine and Greatest Showman star reveals he has visited a shrink to discuss his dysfunctional childhood.
The Aussie actor went to a therapist to help him come to terms with his past and to improve the way he relates to his wife and two kids.
Hugh, 54, had a “traumatic” start in life with his mum Grace suffering postnatal depression then leaving him when he was just eight years old to begin a new life in England.
And 18 months ago his “extraordinary” dad Christopher, who raised Hugh as a lone parent, died aged 84. The actor opened up about his mental health concerns after making his latest movie The Son, where he plays the father of a suicidal teen.
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