Hugh Jackman opens up about reprising his role as Wolverine

Hollywood star Hugh Jackman has shared that he will never say he is never playing Wolverine againJackman announced he was done playing the iconic XMen superhero after 2017rsquos Logan which ended with the characterrsquos death But Jackman wasnrsquot being truthful reports lsquoVarietyrsquoHe returned as Wolverine seven years later in the 2024 Marvel blockbuster Deadpool and WolverineHe recently appeared on The Graham Norton Show where he said ldquoEvery time yoursquore on talk show you gotta go lsquoNope Irsquom not doing that againrsquo But then you keep making another one And itrsquos a big big hit So are you gonna have to do it again Maybe I am never saying lsquoneverrsquo ever again But I did mean it when I said lsquoneverrsquo the first time until the day when I changed my mind But I really did for quite a few years I meant itrdquoAs per lsquoVarietyrsquo during last yearrsquos Deadpool and Wolverinepress tour Jackman admitted that his feelings about staying in retirement from Wolverine were complicated after he saw the first Deadpool movieldquoI was like lsquoThose two characters togetherrsquo 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 knewrdquo he told Fandango ldquoI rang Ryan Reynolds And I just said lsquoLetrsquos do itrsquo Like I hadnrsquot rung my agent no one I had to ring my agent and said lsquoOh by the way I have just committed to a moviersquordquoBut not everyone was initially sold on the idea of him coming back as Wolverine Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed to Empire that he originally warned the actor against playing Wolverine againldquoI said lsquoLet me give you a piece of advice Hugh Donrsquot come backrsquordquo Feige said ldquolsquoYou had the greatest ending in history with Logan Thatrsquos not something we should undorsquordquoAs Marvel movie fans eventually found out in Deadpool and Wolverine the actor did not return as the iteration of Wolverine he played for decades and hung up in Logan Marvelrsquos multiverse allowed the actor to play a new variant of WolverineThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever