Deadpool & Wolverine promotional tour is on the horizon as Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and director Shawn Levy are on a mission to sell the movie to the largest audience possible. Recently, Reynolds who has been playing Deadpool since the Foxverse Marvel movies, commented on Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine as they made their MCU debut together.
Ryan Reynolds Made A Huge Claim About Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine
Hugh Jackman played Wolverine for over 24 years. The character has been kind of synonymous with the actor who almost hung up his boots in the 2017 movie Logan as his character died in the movie. The actor once again returned to play the titular X-Men character in Ryan Reynolds starred Deadpool & Wolverine.
In their promotional tour of the highly anticipated Marvel movie, Reynolds claimed that Jackman can not be replaced as Wolverine. Of course, it would be immensely painful to see and accept another actor in the role but eventually, Jackman has to pass on the torch.
Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin & Ryan Reynolds at the ‘DEADPOOl & WOLVERINE’ fan event in Berlin.
“There’s only been one Wolverine, the reason is no one can do it except him”
There is only ☝🏻 Wolverine then, now & forever!!!! Hugh! #DeadpoolAndWolverine 7/25/24 ⏳ #LFG ❤️💛 https://t.co/ClvpXqFrtI pic.twitter.com/dvTmaiIgUO— CMac (@TurtleMac24) July 8, 2024
“There’s only been one Wolverine, the reason is no one can do it except Hugh Jackman,” Reynolds said (via Discussing Film). While Jackman’s tenure as Wolverine has been tremendously excelling which was also his breakout role in Hollywood, using the actor for the character even as the X-Men characters are exclusive to Marvel studios would seemingly be concerning for certain fans.
“I thought I was finished with it seven years ago,” Jackman said during a fan event in Shanghai, China (via ComicBook.com). “But as soon as we came up with this idea, I knew that this was the matchup that people wanted, that I wanted, that Ryan wanted, that fans wanted,” the actor said of returning to the role after everyone believed that he retired his claws seven years ago with James Mangold’s Logan.
Fans Are Divided Over Ryan Reynolds’ Comment On Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine
It is fair to assume that Marvel fans are immensely happy with Jackman’s return despite the concern that it would ruin the Logan ending but the actor previously clarified that Deadpool & Wolverine will let the Logan ending rest in piece. However, the idea of keeping Jackman’s X-Men character retained in the MCU till Avengers: Secret Wars is concerning. Of course, the actor has made the character more than impeccable popularizing with his charm to global audiences but many fans argue that the nostalgia bait might eventually turn up to be fatigue.
No. The reason is because they haven’t LET anyone else do it. Saying shit like this only reinforces the idea that no other actor can play Logan. The MCU needs a new Wolverine. This is also dumb considering that I don’t think all the Wolverine’s in the upcoming movie are Hugh. https://t.co/7iZxA8aMfV
— ComicAccuracy (@comicaccuracy) July 8, 2024
plenty of actors could play wolverine, they just haven’t had the chance
— harv (@harvv) July 8, 2024
https://twitter.com/BlazyPika2/status/1810539413006332391
Let me translate: There will be Wolverine variants in this movie. Lol pic.twitter.com/DKwTySa5Vf
— SPF (@StaffPickFilms) July 8, 2024
More to the point, many fans hailed Reynolds’ statement as well.
Haha there is no one with the charisma and looks to play Wolverine apart from Hugh Jackman, everyone is afraid because they know they face very high expectations, Hugh has set the bar so high that they have had to give it up again to him.
— i'm not Batman 🦇 (@imnotbatmanhehe) July 8, 2024
https://twitter.com/TurtleMac24/status/1810372344713740404
No lie was detected.
— The Wealth Dad (@thewealthdad) July 8, 2024
As for the 55-year-old, he is enjoying returning to flex his lethal claws “The experience of making the movie was also one of the greatest of my career, and I’ve been playing Wolverine for 25 years,” Jackman said (via, ComicBook.com). This experience,” he added, “exceeded anything I’ve done before as this character — and in many other movies, in anything. I loved it. And I think it shows on the screen. You can feel the warmth. The movie has a warmth to it, and it’s funny, and it’s irreverent, and the action is crazy. But I think you can feel the friendship.”
Certainly, Jackman looks as stunning as Wolverine as ever. Also, his character has been the focal point of the narrative with Reynolds’ Deadpool. Despite all the concerns and debate, we all can agree that Deadpool & Wolverine would be a box-office smasher for Marvel Studios.
Deadpool & Wolverine is scheduled to release on July 26, 2024.
