"It's not in my hands," the actor told IGN when asked whether there are any plans for his character to return in the rumoured sequel to 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
"It's a studio thing. People liked the character, it seemed like people liked the character. And I'd love to do it again, but I think the storyline that they're going to go with is in Japan."
"I think part of it, I don't know - I try not to second-guess the studios, but I feel like sometimes when they make a sequel they have to have a new villain," he added indicating that he at least thinks it's unlikely we'll see him back next time.
"I haven't even seen the script!"