Hugh Jackman ja ohjaaja Bryan Singer tekivät monessakin elokuvassa yhteistyötä, joka alkoi kahdessa ensimmäisessä X-Men-elokuvassa vuosituhannen vaihteessa. Asiasta kysyttiin The Guardianin haastattelussa. Syytöksien mukaan ohjaaja Singer olisi kuvauksissa tehnyt lukuisia seksuaalisia ahdisteluja useita eri miehiä kohtaan.
Jackmanin mukaan asiat ovat muuttuneet parempaan 20 vuodessa.
"This was my first movie in America, you gotta understand; it was all so new to me. I think it's fair to say that...There are some stories, you know...I think there are some ways of being on set that would not happen now. And I think that things have changed for the better. There's way less tolerance for disrespectful, marginalizing, bullying, any oppressive behavior. There's zero tolerance for it now and people will speak out, and I think that's great."
Jackmanin mukaan kahden ensimmäisen X-Men-elokuvan maine on suotta kärsinyt ohjaajastaan. X-Men kun enemmän tai vähemmän aloitti supersankaroinnin aikakauden.
"There's a lot of things at stake there. X-Men was the turning point, I believe, in terms of comic-book movies and I think there's a lot to be proud of. And there's certainly questions to be asked and I think they should be asked. But I guess I don't know how to elegantly answer that. I think it's complex and ultimately I look back with pride at what we've achieved and what momentum that started."