Hugh Jackman makes world’s first holographic press conference
updated the 6 March 2015 à 12:22Beam me up Scotty! Hugh Jackman promotes new sci-fi film via world’s first holographic press conference.
Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman – best known for playing Wolverine in the X-Men series – is a man of many talents. The actor, singer and dancer was the first celebrity to ever take part in cinema’s first press conference via hologram. Audiences in Spain broke into applause when Jackman and District 9 movie director Neill Blokamp were beamed on stage from Berlin to Madrid. The actor was wearing a long sleeved grey top, black trousers and boots and looked every inch as real as if he were there in the flesh himself.
The hi-tech press conference was fitting for the 46-year-old actor who was in Berlin to promote his movie Chappie, a sci-fi film about the first robot with human emotions. Hugh plays villainous character Vincent Moore, who hopes to destroy Chappie out of fear of new technology.
‘My character is not alone. Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking have apparently come out with warnings against artificial intelligence. When you work on a Neill Blomkamp film, you have that current of complexity.’
Remember when Tupac’s hologram concert at Coachella made headlines and was a trending topic on Twitter for days? Well, it looks the technology for holograms is picking up and who knows, we might soon be able to beam ourselves anywhere, anytime.
Karen George
