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Hugh Jackman has been known around the world for portraying the role of Wolverine. With his Adamantium claws and the blood coursing through his veins, fans cannot imagine any other actor portraying the role.
Before his reprisal as Wolverine inDeadpool 3,Hugh Jackman announced his retirement from the role of Logan in the 2017 filmLogan.In an interview, the actor revealed that it was Jerry Seinfeld who indirectly convinced Jackman to leave the role before it got too late!
Hugh Jackman Was Convinced By Jerry Seinfeld To Leave Wolverine
With 17 years in the iconic suit of Wolverine, Hugh Jackman appeared in the role back in 2000 in the movieX-Men.Carrying on his role, the actor reprised his role in almost every X-Men movie that was released later until he got exhausted.
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InVariety’s“Actors on Actors”,Hugh Jackmantalked about his legacy with veteran actor Willem Dafoe and insinuated that Jerry Seinfeld became an indirect reason. DuringVariety’schat, Jackman revealed that he had once asked Jerry Seinfeld why he chose to close down his showSeinfeld.The comedian’s reply changed Jackman’s mind regarding his own X-Men projects.
“He said, ‘I’ve always believed, you should never spend everything creatively because it’s almost herculean to start up again. You should always have something in the tank,’ Leave the party before it gets too late kind of theory.”
This made the actor retrospect his role as Wolverine and decide that he was going to end it all with the 2017 movie titledLogan.He quickly returned to the role, however, when Ryan Reynolds invited him to star in the actor’s upcomingDeadpool 3.
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Ryan Reynolds And Hugh Jackman Were Asked To Join Hands Way BeforeDeadpool 3
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James Mangold is the director ofLoganandThe Wolverine.Having worked extensively with Hugh Jackman, Mangold wanted Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman to join hands way before Disney took over Fox Studios. In an interview withComicBook, the director stated that he would have liked a Wolverine-Deadpool buddy-cop traveling movie.
“A really fun ’48 Hours’ style buddy picture with those two. To me, that was always … We discussed this way back in the day, Ryan, Hugh, and I, and it was always this idea that you could do some kind of Walter Hill, gritty, or ‘Midnight Run.’ These two, somehow on a road trip together would be magical.”
Well, we aren’t sure whether Mangold would get his traveling movie or not. The production ofDeadpool 3is currently put on hold due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike. The film is slated for a release date of 3rd May 2024 in theaters across the U.S.
Source:Variety’s,ComicBook
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
