Kevin Feige Once Told Hugh Jackman Not to Return to the Role of Wolverine
It was a big surprise for Marvel fans to learn that Hugh Jackman was coming back to play Wolverine again after his incredible film Logan.
Jackman said that he was going to retire from playing Wolverine after that movie, but that retirement didn’t last very long, because Marvel Studios and Ryan Reynolds asked him to come back for Deadpool & Wolverine, and of course, he took the gig!
Well, it turns out that at one point after Logan was released, Kevin Feige told Jackman not to return for the role. Feige was actually most nervous about Jackman’s return to the role.
Feige explained in an interview with Empire: “I said, ‘Let me give you a piece of advice, Hugh. Don’t come back. You had the greatest ending in history with Logan. That’s not something we should undo.’”
Don’t worry, though! They aren’t undoing anything that happened in Logan, this is another version of the character. This is something that Feige has already confirmed.
After Jackman was approached about playing Wolverine again for the new Deadpool movie, he decided that another take on the character was exactly what he was excited about.
Jackman said: “I was about an hour into the drive. And that question came into my head: ‘What do I want to do?’ And as soon as I asked the question, I wanted to do Deadpool & Wolverine. I just knew it. I drove for another hour. Couldn’t stop thinking about it. And I got out of the car, called Ryan, and said, ‘Ryan, if you’ll have me, I’m in.’”
It’s going to be a lot of fun to see Wolverine back in action, but to see him team up with Deadpool on some kind of insane multiverse adventure is going to be a huge hit with fans! The movie is going to blow up the box office!
