Wrong with the Dead: Hugh Jackman in Deadpool 3 Embedded in a Robust Review of “I Wanna Be”
Hugh Jackman is sharing details on how his best-known character, grisly mutant X-Man Wolverine, will interact with Ryan Reynolds’s wisecracking Deadpool in the upcoming “Deadpool 3.”
Jackman made it clear in the podcast that the new film takes place firmly before the events of “Logan,” so that it won’t change that movie’s timeline for the fan-favorite character.
Fakeouts are cool and all, but, and I mean this with all the love in my heart, just let Jackman hang up the claws. For fans, it is exhausting to call him out of retirement. We need to continue with the projects with Wolverine, because he needs to be refreshed. Now that Disney has bought Fox, which owned the X-Men, this seems almost destined to happen anyway. Look what Marvel Studios is doing with the Fantastic Four. (Though they aren’t always, great.)
In a recent Empire Film podcast, Jackman said the two characters are a “zero” in terms of compatibility, calling them “opposites” and saying that they “hate each other” – all of which will make for some really good odd-couple type humor in the movie.
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“He’s annoyed by him,” he said on the podcast. “[Wolverine is] frustrated by [Deadpool and] wants to be a million miles away from him or wants to punch him in the head. I’m going to punch him in the head a lot because he can’t be a million miles from him in this movie.
The dynamic also mirrors Jackman and Reynolds interactions offscreen, as they share a long running gag of pretending to dislike one another on social media, often mocking or ridiculing one another for a laugh.
The “Son” actor’s last go-round as Wolverine came in 2017’s well-received “Logan,” which wrapped up the character’s storyline in a neat and according to him, “perfect” way, nabbing an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay in the process.
I remembered driving on August 14th and I thought it would be a lot of fun. I’ll probably have more fun on that movie than anything I’ve ever done,” he said.
Even still, Jackman said the process for training to become Wolverine – a character he identifies as being farthest from who he really is as a person – gets harder every time, but that this time around, he has some extra motivation.