Hugh Jackman Reflects On How He Initially Struggled With Playing WOLVERINE

Hugh Jackman Reflects On How He Initially Struggled With Playing WOLVERINE

"I was kind of struggling, to be honest. It was the first movie I had ever done in America. I was pretty tight. I was nervous. I was average, to be honest, at best," said Jackman of his early Wolverine days.

By MarkJulian - Jan 30, 2017 09:01 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men
By now, it's a well-known fact that Dougray Scott was Fox's first choice to play Wolverine in 2000's X-Men but the Scottish actor was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible II.  Enter Hugh Jackman.  While most fans have a hard time picturing anyone else playing the roguish loner, Jackman told E! News that he really struggled with the role initially. 

"I was kind of struggling, to be honest," reflected Jackman.  He continued,  "It was the first movie I had ever done in America. I was pretty tight. I was nervous. I was average, to be honest, at best. No one was saying anything and I sort of thought I was getting away with it, but I wasn't."

But it was then Fox CEO (now Sony Chairman) Tom Rothman who pulled Hugh aside and gave him some encouragement.  "He told me that he believed in me, that from the moment he'd seen my tape he had a gut feeling I was the guy, but watching my dailies was like watching someone put a lampshade over a light."

Seventeen years later, their relationship came full circle as Rothman presented the Producers Guild Awards' Milestone Award to Jackman this past Saturday night.

Though Ryan Reynolds is entreating Jackman to reprise his role as Wolverine for a team-up with Deadpool, by all accounts, March 3 will see Jackman's final turn as Wolverine in director James Mangold's Logan.  Will you be there opening night for Jackman's send off?
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Highball
Highball - 1/30/2017, 9:10 AM
Well there's always two sides two a coin I guess. Ain't Rothman got the reputation to be an asshole or something?
This comment by Jackman paints him in a different light.
Highball
Highball - 1/30/2017, 9:12 AM
It's quiet in here. Not used to being f-
Not going to say it... even though it's tempting
KWilly
KWilly - 1/30/2017, 9:16 AM
I love how nice and humble this guy is, which is exactly the opposite of the character he plays best.
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 1/30/2017, 9:16 AM
logan is gonna be legendary.



or it might suck. but even then, it's gonna be great to see him chop up people in full R rated glory.

im excited regardless, and i have a strong feeling this is gonna be the next big thing.



its been so long since then! holy shit he's been wolverine for forever!




if logan is good... fox will have made my favorite cbm of the year two years in a row. that's [frick]ing weird.
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 1/30/2017, 11:15 AM
@ALostCause - It would be cool to see Anna Paquin turn up in Logan, since that first film was really all about Wolverine meeting Rogue.
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 1/30/2017, 3:44 PM
@TheManWithoutFear - that would be pretty great!
Hawknaba
Hawknaba - 1/30/2017, 5:58 PM
@TheManWithoutFear - Feel like they'll just allude to her, comparing her relationship to him with his relationship to X23
IronGenesis
IronGenesis - 1/30/2017, 9:17 AM
Been a great run...(minus 1 or 2 overall films).

When the time for Re-Boot/Re-Casting comes...I do hope they shy away from the Popular Opinion to go "Big Name" with the Role...but instead go middle name...

Pull a Daniel Craig/James Bond for the next version of Logan...unless they simply go X-23 in the future.
ELAYEM
ELAYEM - 1/30/2017, 10:08 AM
@IronGenesis - I do wonder how they will do a recast. Since Wolverine looked like Hugh Jackman from the 1800s to 2020s, it wouldn't really make sense to recast unless the series was rebooted.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 1/30/2017, 9:18 AM
Much respect.
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