Hugh Jackman Feels Like He Should Never Stop Playing WOLVERINE

His Wolverine was this generation's introduction to the character. He'll be sorely missed when he does go, but by Christ, he's been awesome.

If it wasn't for his First Class cameo, a past-recast like Vaughn wanted in the First Class trilogy would be a good way to move on from Jackman. Vaughn planned it out before the Wolverine was released so we could have had the new Wolverine in the 1930's flashbacks

He IS wolverine. But just like RDJ eventually he is going to have to be recast, he can't play the part forever, unless someone finds the fountain of youth and gives him unlimited access to it. Guys i'll be right back....

As much as I've enjoyed Hugh as Wolverine, it's about time someone else fills his shoes. I want to see Wolverine taking a backseat to Cyclops, like he is in the comics. I think as long as Hugh is playing Wolverine, he will get the most screen time. So if you bring in a new person to play Wolverine, it's easier to show the other X-Men instead.

He wants to keep playing Logan in hopes that he'll appear in an MCU. Just kidding. He may not look like comic Wolverine, he still plays Logan pretty good. I'm fine with him playing Wolverine for a long time. I hope he is in Apocalypse. I wouldn't mind a cameo in Deadpool either.

@Nomis

I'd actually be cool with Hugh not showing up in Apocalypse. The only way I'm actually looking forward to seeing him is either a Horseman, aiding the X-Men or a possible cameo. Only thing that makes me think that Hugh will reprise his role in Apocalypse is that fact that Mangold stated himself that production for the film wouldn't start until AFTER Apocalypse.

They've already missed the chance of recasting him if we've seen him in both the past and Future of the X-Men films. The only legit way to recast Hugh is if the entire franchise gets rebooted again. It would look too lazy if there's a future Wolverine that looks like Hugh and a Modern Wolverine that looks different (unless they cast someone close to his features)

Oh yeah, Phoenix for the next rebooted Wolverine.

Can we please get an X-Men Legends 3? Sheeesh!

@1:14 Gets me everytime. Beautiful bloody cinematography. I wouldn't even be mad.

Plot twist - Jackman's been playing Logan so long that he's actually developed a mutant healing factor, and will thus live forever to keep playing the role.

Nah but in all seriousness, Jackman really made the role his own - even when you consider the little things like height discrepancies, his passion and dedication for the role and his massive talent as an actor more than make up for it. In fact, I'm convinced that his naysayers, who so often seem hung up on his height as proof of 'miscasting' (bullshit, by the way) are just annoyed (perhaps rightly so) that Wolverine became such a focus for the entire franchise, bar one film. But even then, you can see why that happened - Wolverine is one of the most interesting comic book characters (not just X-Men, but most superheroes) and Jackman's acting ability and love of the character and ability to draw an audience makes him the perfect franchise lead.

Now that Days of Future Past has hopefully corrected some of the franchises mistakes and set it on a different narrative direction, I do hope the filmmakers and Fox take this as an opportunity to rethink what they're doing with the character. If he appears in future team up movies, he shouldn't be the lead anymore, but rather an important supporting player. Let him take a step back - Apocalypse would be the perfect way to go about that, and making him a Horseman would be a brilliant way of having him play a prominent role in the movie while allowing the new cast to shine. After that, I think Fox need to have a bit more faith in the franchise and not be afraid of X-Men movies where the character makes no appearance at all - it seems Deadpool may start that trend, but it'd be cool to see a movie about the X-Men team (with Cyclops, Jean, Beast, etc.) that didn't involve Wolverine at all.

And Jackman could continue to play Wolverine in spin-offs - I think he and James Mangold have a good thing going now that they've set the solo Wolverine movies on the right track, and there's enough quality solo material out there to mine for the character for a while (Old Man Logan, anyone?). And he's not just limited to solo movies, X-Force would be another great way to use Wolverine, in a different team setting, perhaps utilising other spin-off characters (I think a good line-up would be Wolverine, Deadpool, Cable, Gambit, Psylocke and maybe Mystique, given her more anti-heroic status post-DOFP), and it'd be great to see that with a grittier, darker, maybe more overtly violent tone than the mainstream X-Men films. That way, people still get their Wolverine fix, Jackman gets to keep playing the role, they get to delve into the more violent side of the character (the only thing they haven't really mined yet, for obvious studio reasons) and the character doesn't overwhelm the X-Men franchise/team. I'm ready for Wolverine and Jackman to take a bit of a step back, but not because I'm tired of the character or the actor - it's because I don't want them to crash and burn and become tedious due to overexposure, but still want to see them both for a long time to come.

And of course, @Kingpin is right - when Jackman leaves (especially if he leaves sooner rather than later, and assuming the likes of McAvoy, Fassbender, Lawrence, etc. have departed the franchise necessitating a reboot), Marvel should call up Fox and try to arrange a deal like the one they've got with Sony and Spider-Man. Especially as they already have Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, who could be used to add familiarity to the new version of the X-Men franchise.

"But I was always a big Wolverine guy. I love Wolverine—big [frick]ing great dramatic character."

-Phoenix

@JredTheRed

But of course I'll have an infinite amount of respect for Hugh.