{"id":495980,"date":"2026-02-24T09:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/495980\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:15:07","slug":"daniel-radcliffe-gives-final-answer-on-replacing-hugh-jackman-as-wolverine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/495980\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Radcliffe Gives Final Answer on Replacing Hugh Jackman as Wolverine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Radcliffe has once again weighed in on the long-running speculation surrounding a potential role as Wolverine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Amid continued fan casting and online rumors, the actor addressed whether there has ever been any real movement behind the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Radcliffe again addresses the prospects of playing Wolverine<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Radcliffe again addressed speculation about playing Wolverine in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/comicbook.com\/tv-shows\/feature\/daniel-radcliffe-talks-wolverine-franchises-harry-potter-his-new-comedy-series-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ComicBook.com<\/a>. When asked if that was ever a consideration, he stated, \u201cIt was not. It was never real. It was a very flattering internet rumor. I was very happy about it, but it was never suggested in any kind of way by anybody with any power to make that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAnd, honestly, you would be stupid not to consider something like that, but if they do other Wolverines, being the person who follows Hugh Jackman is not on my bucket list for anything.\u201d Radcliffe referenced Hugh Jackman, who portrayed Wolverine across multiple films, saying, \u201cFor any role of his, particularly the role he has made the most iconic of his career, I am happy not to be doing that and let him keep doing it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The remarks came during a promotion for his NBC comedy series The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, which premiered on February 23.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about joining the MCU or DC Universe, Radcliffe said, \u201cI am so out of the loop. I feel like I don\u2019t know what cycle we are on of the Marvel movies, and I have some catching up to do if I ever end up on one of them.\u201d He continued, \u201cBut, yes, I am certainly not averse to it. I would never rule anything like that out. But, also, I am not necessarily clamoring to be in it or seeking that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Discussing franchises more broadly, Daniel Radcliffe referenced his experience on Harry Potter, stating, \u201cIt meant that I got mine out of the way. It was wonderful.\u201d He said the financial stability from the franchise \u201cfreed me up to do whatever I wanted next\u201d and added, \u201cI would be very happy to get back on one at some point, but not anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Originally reported by Anubhav Chaudhry on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/news\/652880-daniel-radcliffe-prospects-of-playing-wolverine-hugh-jackman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SuperHeroHype<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Radcliffe has once again weighed in on the long-running speculation surrounding a potential role as Wolverine in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,4203,75,856,10797,3078,3079,337,82666],"class_list":{"0":"post-495980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-daniel-radcliffe","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-entertainment-news","13":"tag-hugh-jackman","14":"tag-marvel","15":"tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","16":"tag-movies","17":"tag-wolverine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}