{"id":569019,"date":"2026-03-28T01:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T01:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/569019\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T01:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T01:45:09","slug":"james-marsden-says-he-missed-hugh-jackman-while-filming-avengers-doomsday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/569019\/","title":{"rendered":"James Marsden Says He &#8220;Missed&#8221; Hugh Jackman While Filming &#8216;Avengers: Doomsday&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/james-marsden\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-marsden\" data-tag=\"james-marsden\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Marsden<\/a> is being careful about what he can and can\u2019t say about <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/avengers-doomsday\/\" id=\"auto-tag_avengers-doomsday\" data-tag=\"avengers-doomsday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avengers: Doomsday<\/a>, which is set for release later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Marvel film will reunite Marsden with his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/x-men\/\" id=\"auto-tag_x-men\" data-tag=\"x-men\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X-Men<\/a>\u00a0co-stars, including Patrick Stewart (Charles Xavier \/ Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHowever, one notable name\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/03\/james-marsden-teases-cyclops-return-avengers-doomsday-1236765039\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">missing from the cast reveal<\/a>\u00a0was <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hugh-jackman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hugh-jackman\" data-tag=\"hugh-jackman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hugh Jackman<\/a>\u2018s, and people have been wondering if he will be part of the team-up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile promoting his new film Mike &amp; Nick &amp; Nick &amp; Alice, Marsden addressed Jackman\u2019s potential return to the MCU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI love Hugh Jackman, and I love the dynamic between Wolverine and Cyclops,\u201d Marsden told <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/comicbook.com\/marvel\/news\/after-years-of-rivalry-james-marsden-says-hugh-jackman-was-missed-on-avengers-doomsday-set-exclusive\/\">ComicBook<\/a>. \u201cIt was always a brotherly, healthy competition between the two of them, where they were annoyed with each other. It did feel like a brotherly relationship. I wouldn\u2019t say that I was excited to slide into that role without him barking in my ear. He was missed. I\u2019m trying to\u2026 answer, without saying too much\u2026 Yeah, that\u2019s my answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tJackman has not been officially confirmed for Avengers: Doomsday, but it\u2019ll be surprising if he doesn\u2019t end up being part of the film, especially after he reprised his superhero role for 2024\u2019s Deadpool &amp; Wolverine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAbout returning to the superhero role, Marsden said it started with a \u201cconversation,\u201d adding, \u201cAnd in that conversation, we talked about what my involvement would be and everything, but I hadn\u2019t actually read the script yet. So that was something like, yeah, sure, yes, of course.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Marsden is being careful about what he can and can\u2019t say about Avengers: Doomsday, which is set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,22160,134,36597,3296,344,59012],"class_list":{"0":"post-569019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-avengers-doomsday","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-hugh-jackman","13":"tag-james-marsden","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-x-men"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}