Did you know that Hugh Jackman, the venerable actor who plays X-man Wolverine, wears Vibram FiveFingers (Speeds!)?
Well he does.
Seems Jackman has been spotted recently running around NYC in them! Here are a couple screenshots of articles (See: The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph) featuring “The Wolverine” in toe shoes:
Inset photo via Splash News / Daily Telegraph
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Inset photo via Doug Meszler / Splash News
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Note that the specific FiveFingers he’s wearing are the gold and green colorway of the FiveFingers Speed, which happens to be one of my all-time personal favorite pairs of VFFs (I’ve been a big fan of the Speed ever since it hit the market almost three years ago). Unfortunately, if you are hoping to pick up this colorway of Speeds, you’re likely out of luck: it was discontinued. I picked up a back-up pair of this colorway a few months back because I liked it so much.
While I don’t make it a habit of keeping tabs on celebrities, seems Hugh Jackman has a pretty positive reputation as being an incredibly nice guy/all-around class act. If you follow the link to the Sydney article, you’ll see Jackman has been married to his spouse for some 17 years. Not often you see such a commitment in “Hollywood.”
Perhaps the shoes make the man?
Regardless, good to see one of the most stylish-looking pairs of toe shoes on the feet of a celebrity I can respect!
And if you’re reading this Mr. Jackman, let’s do an interview!
3 replies on “Hugh Jackman a.k.a. Wolverine Runs in FiveFingers Speeds Toe Shoes”
It is nice that VFFs are getting a little free press. Lets just hope that he properly transitioned and does not wind up with a TMTS injury.
Even if he does get injured from doing too much too soon in his VFFs, he will heal in like three seconds.
If he wasn’t Hugh Jackman people would heckle him about his awkward color scheme