Deadpool & Wolverinewill bringHugh Jackmanback to the role he seemed to have left behind in 2019’s Logan, but things could have been very different if the actor’s original Wolverine audition had been the end of the story. Although it is impossible to imagine anyone else taking on the role of Wolverine – something that is making recasting the role for future MCU appearances a bit of a nightmare – the actor’s initial audition seemed to be going nowhere other than sharing a meal with then-producer’s assistantKevin Feige.
During an interview withEntertainment Weekly, Jackman recalled how he was asked to go and audition for the role of Wolverine back in 1999, but at the time, the role had already been given to Dougray Scott. Jackman remembered reading lines for director Bryan Singer and screenwriter Tom DeSantos, saying:
“He’s just going, ‘Quiet… Quieter… Quieter.’ By the end, I couldn’t even hear myself. I could tell he was like, Why on my lunch hour am I auditioning some guy for a part that I’ve already cast? He was pissed off.”
Deadpool & Wolverine
A follow-up to the highly successful Deadpool and Deadpool 2 films starring Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth. The third film will be the first in the franchise to be developed under the Marvel Studios banner following Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
However behind the scenes, Scott was about to have a scheduling conflict with his work onMission: Impossible 2and would have to pull out of 2000’sX-Menafter filming began. None of this was known to Jackman following his seemingly disastrous audition, and he left feeling like it had all been a waste of time. However, Feige didn’t let him go without doing something to cheer him up – offering to take him for a steak dinner. Jackman explained:
“I said, ‘Kevin, we all know I’m not getting the part. You don’t have to do dinner. But no, he sat in there and had a steak dinner with me and then drove me to the airport. I’ll never forget it. That was the nicest thing. I thought, ‘I’ll never see him again.'”
Hugh Jackman Will Become One of the Longest Serving Comic Book Character Actors
The last few years have seen several former stars of Marvel projects from before the birth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe return to play their original roles in new projects.Patrick Stewart’s return as Charles XavierinDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesssaw him become the longest serving star of the Marvel franchise. With his appearance inDeadpool & Wolverine, Jackman, and any other stars of the original FoxX-Menmovie who return for cameos, will take that title for themselves.
The film is already anticipated to be one of the highest grossing movies of the summer, and potentially could be the biggest movie of the year, and the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time. With an opening weekend box office of over $200 million being predicted, the wait for Jackman and Ryan Reynolds’ MCU road trip is almost over, and then the fun really begins.
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Inside Out 2has already set the barforDeadpool & Wolverineby becoming the first movie of the year to surpass $1 billion. While Disney Pixar’s sequel has a wide demographic thanks to its Universal certificate, the upcoming Marvel movie has many other things going for it, including the fact that it is the only MCU movie releasing this year. Whether it can hit the heights that everyone is expecting is something that we will discover in the next few weeks asDeadpool & Wolverinedebuts on July 26.
