Hugh Jackman of X-Men fame recently came clean about his fear of dolls that come to life on the big screen.

The actor claims that seeing the Child’s Play series of films as a youngster contributed to the phobia.

“When dolls come to life in films, that just freaks me out, I just can’t stand that. Chucky? Forget that. I remember when I was a little kid, and that little doll in the rocking chair going, ‘Take the girl right up the hill and kiss the girl goodbye’ — I’m like, forget that! That freaks me out.”

It’s not like it’s such a revelation; those films are supposed to be scary.  There is definitely something inherently creepy about the idea of a doll coming to life, but we didn’t expect such a masculine presence as Jackman (seen here at last week’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine screening at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater) to easily get the willies from that sort of thing.

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Categories: Film / Henh? / Unintentional Hilarity
Tags: Chucky / Hugh Jackman / understandable fear of dolls / Wolverine
Author: Dave Bunting