Actor Hugh Jackman says he spent three days with 1988 presidential candidate Gary Hart in preparation for the new movie “The Front Runner.”
“It was pretty extraordinary. He’s an amazing man,” Jackman told WOR’s “Len Berman and Michael Riedel in the Morning.”
Jackman said Hart picked him up at the airport and they spent time together at his Colorado home. Jackman described Hart as “unbelievably generous and warm.”
Hart was forced out of the presidential race because of allegations of an extramarital affair.
“His view of politics, and certainly those events, it should be a footnote - not necessarily something that defines his career,” Jackman said.
At one point, Hart was considered the next president of the United States. Instead, Jackman said he caught up in a brand new media dynamic where the events were unfolding in real time.
“It was history turning. In 1987 we had CNN, you had 24 hour news cycle. Things were shifting as you guys remember with the press and that was sort of the first moment,” Jackman said.