Hugh earlier stated that he will play the character one last time and said that Tom Hardy will be the flawless successor.
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The “X-Men” actor also told reporters present at the “Pan” press day, on how he is “pushing harder than ever before” with the third “Wolverine” film, since he wants it to be his best one yet.
Australian actor Hugh Jackman who first took up the role of Wolverine in the 2000 film X-Men has been embedded in the minds of the audience as the character.
Hugh Jackman says it’s time to hang up his Wolverine costume for good. The publication also mentioned that with Hardy’s roles as Bane in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” and Max Rockatansky in George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road“, the actor will be able to portray the role of the iconic mutant. “I’m forever grateful to Bryan [Singer] actually for giving me a shot and that’d be nice for that to happen to someone else”.
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As for the storyline, Jackman teased that the upcoming “Wolverine” movie will feature more of the quasi father-and-son relationship that his character has with Professor X (Patrick Stewart). For a franchise with plenty of things to inspire hotly debated internet minutiae and fandom infighting, the Fox X-Men movies had a couple of really inspired casting choices along the way, Jackman included. I in truth used to be a clown at kid’s parties, ‘ Jackman confessed to In The News source, as reported by The Daily Beast. However, for now, Jackman still has still two more years to go, with “Wolverine 3” starting production in the end of next year and the official release set on March 3, 2017. He definitely has the hair for it!
