24 years ago, Hugh Jackman made a somewhat exaggerated prediction of the number of films he would make as Wolverine. And in Deadpool 3 this prediction will be surpassed.
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His first appearance as Logan was almost 24 years ago in the film X-Men, and it began a long career as Wolverine and catapulted him to Hollywood stardom.
Back then, in 2000, Jackman and other X-Men stars were interviewed by Entertainment Weekly and asked which character powers they would like to have. Almost as if predicting the future, the then less experienced Jackman joked that he would like to have Logan’s regenerative ability, as he is around 100 years old and it would come in handy if they did the same. “X-Men 7”.
Of course, Jackman was probably exaggerating when he mentioned the idea of a seventh X-Men film way back in 2000 – but with the release of Deadpool 3this crazy prediction was unexpectedly surpassed.
Deadpool 3 Will Surpass Hugh Jackman’s Prediction
Since 2000, we’ve had 7 X-Men films that have featured Wolverine as a central character. We list it below:
This means that Jackman’s somewhat exaggerated prediction has come true 17 years later. Furthermore, the fact that Jackman is one of the fittest superhero actors in Hollywood shows that his health has been a constant priority, proving that he is more than capable of embodying the role two decades later.
While it is not a regenerative healing factor, it is the closest an average human can get. About that, Deadpool 3 It will be the eighth film to star Jackman as Wolverine, which means it will completely surpass that prediction.
It is also speculated that the film will feature several other actors from Fox’s X-Men franchise, as the MCU continues a trend that began with Patrick Stewart’s Professor X in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and more recently with Beast. by Kelsey Grammer in The Marvels.
The continued prevalence of Fox’s X-Men has definitely defied all expectations, as the common belief in 2000 was that superhero films didn’t have that kind of tentpole.
Why 7 X-Men Movies Was Unimaginable in 2000
At that time, the longest-running superhero film franchises were Superman and Batman, with both having a total of four films by the year 2000. Unfortunately, both ended on a low note with Superman 4: The Quest for Peace e Batman & Robin (released just three years before X-Men) being critically panned.
This explains why, despite Fox’s intention to franchise its X-Men films, the idea that this would justify six sequels was widely considered ridiculous.
This was before the MCU and DCEU even had an idea in the heads of their respective production companies. Furthermore, it is largely thanks to the quality of X-Men and Spider-Man that the superhero genre was launched to the popularity we see today, which has since been cultivated by the MCU for nearly two decades.
Now, Deadpool 3 is capitalizing on the nostalgia that Jackman’s Wolverine brings to the surface – although it’s still hard to imagine any other actor who could embody the role so well.
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*Translated material from the website Screen Rant.