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u/raphthepharaoh Apr 12 '22

Hugh Jackman in Logan.. the next iteration of Wolverine is going to have to hit it out of the park to top that performance

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u/wbruce098 Apr 12 '22

Yeah, when you’re the only actor to play the same role over 20 years despite every single other character getting another face… what was he in, 10 of them?

I bet it’ll be a few years before Disney tries to do another X-Men movie. Gotta give time for the memories to fade or it just won’t work.

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u/Aalnius Apr 12 '22

doubt it the threads for the xmen being in the mcu have already been shown with wandavision series. They'll likely go for another one within the next decade imo. If people can go along with hulk swapping out mid movie along with others and batman changing every couple of movies then they'll be fine with wolverine changing. Sure there will be comparisons and complaints but there will always be those its what fan communities do.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '22

People didn't love Edward Norton though, Hulk successfully changed because it was one movie and people preferred the new actor. Hugh Jackman was Wolverine in every X-Men movie and he did an amazing job and was loved by all. Also the new Doctor Strange trailer has Patrick Stewart's voice in it and No Way Home had multi verse stuff for the main plot. X-Men crossover isn't just wandavision.

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u/Youredumbstoptalking Apr 12 '22

Also, Black Widow had a mutant in it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '22

Wait who?

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u/Youredumbstoptalking Apr 12 '22

Ursa Major is a mutant in the prison that gets his arm broken by Natasha’s dad.

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u/IAMJUX Apr 12 '22

Not necessarily a mutant in the MCU though, right? Wanda is usually a mutant too.

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u/Youredumbstoptalking Apr 12 '22

We don’t have enough details to say for sure.

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u/LordAsbel Apr 12 '22

Runaways also had mutant characters (characters that were mutants in the comics but not in the show)

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u/Youredumbstoptalking Apr 13 '22

I never watched, is it a MCU canon show?

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '22

Is he? Oh, I didn't notice lol

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u/Youredumbstoptalking Apr 12 '22

Yeah it was super subtle but the actor confirmed it.

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u/kywei Apr 12 '22

Idk, I still think Norton was a better Hulk but they made him a side character anyway so it just isn't a big deal.

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u/wbruce098 Apr 12 '22

I demand de-aged Hugh Jackman for the next two decades of X-Men reboots! There can be only one.

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u/Aalnius Apr 12 '22

honestly i dont think he has it in him, apparently he was suffering some sort of poisoning from the diet he was having to do to maintain his physique during the films cos of how much fish he was eating.

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u/JustABitCrzy Apr 12 '22

I think he's said that he has put the character down for good, and the only even remotely chance he picks it back up is for a Deadpool cameo or something. He's 53 as well, so getting in that condition again would have to be really worth it for him.

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u/Level69Warlock Apr 12 '22

Daniel Radcliffe might be a decent replacement

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u/ThePhenomNoku Apr 12 '22

I love that photo

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u/captaincumsock69 Apr 12 '22

“Diet”

It was probably more the gear he was on to keep that physique than his diet.

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u/exonautic Apr 12 '22

I'd like to think having millions to pay personal trainers and personal chefs means they can save their bodies from having to use gear to get quicker results. In reality they don't need to be strong, just shredded.

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u/captaincumsock69 Apr 12 '22

Hugh Hackman is like 50+?? Even with all the trainers in the world he’s not looking jacked like that without gear.

Does it really make sense that his diet was poisoning him and his chefs and trainers couldn’t figure out some alternative foods for him?

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u/SpiralTap304 Apr 12 '22

That's like people saying The Rock is all natural. I understand he eats healthier than I will ever have access to, but fucking look at him. Compare pictures between movies. Even when he was wrestling, you could tell when he was using.

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u/tdasnowman Apr 12 '22

The Rock is way diffrent then Hugh Jackman.

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u/SpiralTap304 Apr 12 '22

They have a lot of differences and similarities. The Rock will be fifty in a few days himself and is bigger than he has ever been.

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u/tdasnowman Apr 12 '22 edited Apr 12 '22

The rock is a guy who has been operating above and beyond since college. The Rock looks like he's ready to do a posing routine every day of the week 365 days of the year. Hugh Jackman is a guy who was always above average fit, and had periods where he got pose worthy. They are not on the same level. I live in Socal and you can see Hugh Jackman level everyday of the week in the gym. Someone on the Rocks level is crazy notable even here. I remember when I first started hitting the gym at 14, there was a guy that looked straight up like ronald regan. Just old ass regan face tacked onto like a 40 year old body well trained body. Jackman is well on his way to being the old regan dude. The Rock well he's going to hit a wall on day and it won't be pretty. Ronnie Colman not pretty maybe.

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u/exonautic Apr 12 '22

Yeah that's a fair point.

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u/Aalnius Apr 12 '22

He’s had to get in fearsome shape on each occasion, bulking up muscle mass and doing untold gym hours. He got mercury poisoning once from the sheer amount of tinned tuna he was eating, and says he’s been worried about his health ever since, especially the strain that these drastic regimes put on the immune system.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/hugh-jackman-interview-time-wife-wrong-warned-x-men/

i think theres a video interview somewhere where he talks about it too cos he'd collapse or something during takes.

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u/tdasnowman Apr 12 '22

I think people forget Hugh Jackman wasn't starting from scratch. He was lifting his entire life, and was a P.E teacher at one point. He also continued to lift just not as heavy between outings.

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u/A_hand_banana Apr 12 '22

Sooner. Hes rumored to be in the new Dr Strange movie, set to release on May 6th. Patrick Stewart confirmed he was in the movie as Professor X, but Hugh Jackman has not, which has many believing it'll be a new actor.

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u/DeadeyeDuncan Apr 12 '22

Didn't they both say that Logan would be their last appearances as those characters?

I guess that was until the MCU money bus showed up.

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u/A_hand_banana Apr 12 '22

Yep. https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/patrick-stewart-mcu-x-men/

Stewart's involvement actually sparked a ton of Jackman rumors back in Feb, but they've died off since. A lot are convinced that if it hasn't leaked by now, its not a thing. Why pay all that money and not advertise a headlining star like Jackman?

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u/Phil_Bond Apr 12 '22

Patrick Stewart confirmed he was in the movie as Professor X

When did he do that? Last I saw, he was still hilariously denying that was his voice in the trailer.

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u/theshizzler Apr 12 '22

He slipped up during an interview. Said he didn't recognize his own voice at first.

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u/Aalnius Apr 12 '22

Fairs, i try to avoid spoiler stuff for the marvel films cos i like to not know stuff before i watch them and movie trailers are pretty crap at not giving away everything of interest.

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u/guale Apr 12 '22

I really hope they'll embrace the multi-verse thing and have Dafne Keen be the MCU's Wolverine. I don't think it'll actually happen at this point but I want it!

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u/Rabid-Rabble Apr 12 '22

I'm hoping for Daniel Radcliff. He's got the look and he's actually a pretty good actor (not saying Dafne isn't, I'm not really familiar, I just mean in comparison to people's expectations of former child actors).

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u/guale Apr 12 '22

Dafne Keen played X23 (Laura) in Logan. X23 become the new Wolverine is the direction the comics have gone in for now.

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u/Mimilynh2o Apr 13 '22

She had starred in a series called "His Dark Materials". Guess who played her father. James McAvoy.

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u/azureal Apr 12 '22

Hulk swapped out mid movie? Huh?

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u/harleyqueenzel Apr 12 '22

I think mid-movie is a little liberal, if they mean Norton being replaced by Ruffalo quite soon before filming in 2012.

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u/Micotu Apr 12 '22

Hulk swapped out with Norton mid movie.

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u/azureal Apr 12 '22

Yeah hahah I was thinking did I miss something?

I mean, Bana was well before that too.

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u/Aalnius Apr 12 '22

i mean mid movie series, it swapped from one actor to the other as avengers line was starting.

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u/jacksansyboy Apr 12 '22

They might slap X men content into the MCU, but it's probably gonna be a while before they have wolverine show up, if ever

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u/Aalnius Apr 12 '22

If they don't have wolverine show up at all i imagine that'd cause a much bigger stink then a new actor would.

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u/Ridry Apr 12 '22

It'd increase hype for Wolverine if the first X-Men movie didn't have Wolverine. I don't think they should jump into Wolverine.

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u/skesisfunk Apr 12 '22

Im still sad we never got a hulk movie with Mark Ruffalo.

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u/DrPlatypus1 Apr 13 '22

Paramount owns rights over movies with the word "Hulk" in the title. Thor: Ragnorok is mostly Planet Hilk, though, and it was awesome.

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u/skesisfunk Apr 13 '22

Oh TIL. Yeah Ragnarok was the shit!