Jackman's popularity and his owning of the role has helped the X-Men franchise to more than $3 billion at the globalīox office. So yes, dear readers, Jackman's awesome stint as Wolverine is coming to an end soon. Later, The Wrap spoke with insiders knowledgeable about the situation who likewise confirmed Jackman's remark was referencing a sequel to Mangold's film, not the upcoming team film X-Men: Age of Apocalypse. A follow-up tweet from director James Mangold, who helmed Jackman's previous solo outing The Wolverine in 2013, confirmed the 'one last time' in question is another Wolverine solo sequel. His revelation of planned retirement from the character came via Instagram and Actor Hugh Jackman, who rose to fame for his iconic portrayal of the superhero Wolverine in the X-Men blockbuster franchise, announced he will play the hairy claw-sporting mutant for 'one last time.' But it's arrival is apparently imminent, with confirmation coming straight from the horse's mouth. Jackman went on to play Wolverine in nine different movies (including cameos) and officially bid farewell to the character with last year’s hit film, Logan.It was inevitable, of course, but that doesn't make it any easier to accept when the tragedy finally arrives. “I’m thankful that I was wrong because my children get to go to college and have their tuition paid for,” she laughed. “We’d never heard of it,” Furness said about the character.

The final fun fact Jackman revealed about playing Wolverine was that his wife, Debora-lee Furness, didn’t think he should take the role. “I never think about it to be honest with you,” he added. “Then they persuaded me to do it and I was … about to do it and then the movie I was doing at the time just overran by so much that I couldn’t do it in the end. “I always thought he was a class act,” Jackman added.įYI - Last year Scott was asked on a red carpet about missing out on playing Wolverine and said, “It’s a part that I was offered and turned down three times and didn’t want to do”. That is an awesome role, go and crush it. “He came up afterwards and I said, ‘Mate, I’m really sorry.’ And he said, ‘Mate, it’s nothing to do with you.

“I send Tom Cruise a present every year,” Jackman joked on the Aussies in Hollywood podcast.īefore filming began, Jackman awkwardly ran into Scott at the opening of Fox Studios in Sydney.

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