{"id":151818,"date":"2025-11-24T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/151818\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:30:08","slug":"hugh-jackman-has-learned-to-never-say-never-again-to-playing-wolverine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/151818\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Jackman has learned to never say never again to playing Wolverine"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a perfect world for some, Hugh Jackman<\/a> would play Wolverine<\/a> until the end of time. He\u2019s played the character for 25 years since 2000\u2019s X-Men, and after returning for 2017\u2019s Logan, then sharpening his claws again for last year\u2019s Deadpool & Wolverine, you\u2019d think the guy would have had enough. Nay! According to Jackman, who recently appeared on The Graham Norton Show (via Entertainment Weekly<\/a>), he\u2019ll never say never to playing the character again.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time you\u2019re on [talk show], you gotta go, \u2018Nope, I\u2019m not doing that again.\u2019 But then you keep making another one. And it\u2019s a big big hit. So are you gonna have to do it again?\u201d Jackman said. \u201cMaybe. I am never saying \u2018never\u2019 ever again\u2026 But I did mean it when I said \u2018never\u2019 [the first time], until the day when I changed my mind. But I really did for quite a few years, I meant it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, like any significant role that\u2019s tailor-made for someone, Jackman finds it challenging to stay away. During last year\u2019s press tour for Deadpool & Wolverine, Jackman said he knew he\u2019d eventually return as Wolverine after seeing the first Deadpool movie.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018Those two characters together.\u2019 I knew it. I knew the fans wanted it ever since I put on the claws, people talked about these two. So, that had always been there, but I just knew,\u201d he told\u00a0Fandango<\/a>. \u201cI rang Ryan [Reynolds]. And I just said, \u2018Let\u2019s do it.\u2019 Like, I hadn\u2019t rung my agent, no one. I had to ring my agent and said, \u2018Oh, by the way, I have just committed to a movie.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the years, several names have been suggested as replacements for Hugh Jackman\u2019s Wolverine, including Daniel Radcliffe, Taron Egerton, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. However, in the end, it\u2019s always Jackman who pops his claws for the role.<\/p>\n

The actual test, of course, will be when Marvel officially reboots the X-Men for the purpose of launching a new franchise. Jackman couldn\u2019t possibly do it all again. They\u2019d need to find someone new. I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019m already bracing myself for the media sh*tstorm that follows the MCU\u2019s official X-Men casting confirmations. Regardless of who they choose, it\u2019s going to be an armchair analysis bloodbath. May the ghost of Stan Lee have mercy on our souls.<\/p>\n

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