X-MEN Star Hugh Jackman On Whether He Feels Bryan Singer's Behaviour "Tainted" The Franchise

X-MEN Star Hugh Jackman On Whether He Feels Bryan Singer's Behaviour "Tainted" The Franchise

Hugh Jackman, who was directed by Bryan Singer on four X-Men movies, has weighed in on whether the filmmaker's on-set behaviour and alleged sexual misconduct have tainted the franchise in his eyes...

By MarkCassidy - Jan 05, 2023 01:01 PM EST
Filed Under: X-Men

Hugh Jackman got his big break when he landed the role of Logan/Wolverine in Bryan Singer's X-Men, and he'd go on to play the fan-favorite mutant for the director in three (if you count his brief cameo in X-Men: Apocalypse) more movies.

Multiple sexual misconduct allegations have resulted in Singer being blacklisted in Hollywood, but even before those accusations were brought to light, the filmmaker had gained a reputation for being a domineering (ie, bullying) figure on-set.

During an interview with The Guardian, Jackman was asked if Singer's alleged behaviour has tainted the X-Men franchise for him in any way.

“You know, that’s a really, really complicated question,” he responded. “There’s a lot of things at stake there. X-Men’ was the turning point, I believe, in terms of comic-book movies and I think there’s a lot to be proud of. And there’s certainly questions to be asked and I think they should be asked. But I guess I don’t know how to elegantly answer that. I think it’s complex and ultimately I look back with pride at what we’ve achieved and what momentum that started.”

As for Singer's "difficult" directing style, Jackman did suggest that the filmmaker conducted himself in a manner that wouldn't be tolerated today.

“This was my first movie in America, you gotta understand; it was all so new to me. I think it’s fair to say that….There are some stories, you know … I think there are some ways of being on set that would not happen now. And I think that things have changed for the better.”

Singer was in line to helm the upcoming Red Sonja reboot before being replaced after the latest round of allegations were made public. While he hasn't been formerly charged with any crimes (that we know of), he's highly unlikely to attempt any sort of comeback anytime soon.

Jackman will reprise the role of Wolverine one more time(?) for Deadpool 3.

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Fogs
Fogs - 1/5/2023, 1:01 PM
Class act.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 1/5/2023, 1:02 PM
Conquistador
Conquistador - 1/5/2023, 1:06 PM
@GeneralZod - perfect gif. 👌🏽

The guy knows Singer (and Dougray Scott) gave him his big break. Can't talk shit about it.

theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 1/5/2023, 3:17 PM
@GeneralZod - Exactly. Also, nothing is "alleged." It's well-documented.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 1/5/2023, 3:42 PM
@UniqNo - Like he said its a complex situation. People try to paint these a-holes in hollywood as 1 sided evil doers but don't realize people are complex. They have lots of victims but they also helped many people too when they weren't being a-holes.

Also if they never victimized, reporters shouldn't be trying to push their agendas onto others either.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 1/5/2023, 3:50 PM
@mastakilla39 - Yeah. But I just think Jackman will never say a bad word about Singer (publicly).

His rise in fame is synonymous with Singer. Even though they're likely never to work again I think he's at least respectful to that fact. Even is Singer is a dick.
Spoken
Spoken - 1/5/2023, 1:04 PM
Damn, nice dodge moves Jackman! LOL
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 1/5/2023, 1:04 PM
I'm not saying that you could remove the first X-Men from the timeline and have zero effect on how things turned out, but IMO the first Sam Raimi Spider-Man was much bigger turning point than that movie. That movie set the box office on fire and you can trace the DNA of a lot of recent successfull superhero movies back to that one (and going even further, you come to Richard Donner's Superman, but that's a different story).
Spoken
Spoken - 1/5/2023, 1:07 PM
Also Singer tainting the franchise?

NO.

More like corporate greed, rushed production schedules, studio mandates for trimmed runtimes, on-set clashes between executive & director for "creative differences"

ULTIMATELY, it is complex, but it is more FOX's doing in tainting the franchise. Not just Singer. Or should I say...TOM ROTHMAN'S doing.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 1/5/2023, 1:12 PM
Jackman stays keeping it classy. Looking back evn though the first X-Men had its problems it was great to actually get a live action X-Men film that didn't come off as bad as the Generation X movie.
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