‘They were desperate’: The meeting between Hugh Jackman and Marvel is pure cinematic history for Wolverine.

This is June 15, 1999, American media variety announced that Dougray Scott will play Wolverine, then described as “the lead” in the Bryan Singer-produced X-Men film adapted from Marvel Comics. His fierce personality in Twin Town convinced the president of Fox to release the superhero movie in theaters.

Two roles, but which one to choose?

Except when shooting until he finishes his scenes. Scott replied that he would do both movies – M:I2 AND X-Men, but remember that “For some reason he said I can’t. He was a very strong guy and everyone did everything to get his way.” That’s why Scott stops taking part in Bryan Singer’s film.

Panic among the X-Men

Fox, on the other hand, has already started filming X-Men and will find himself absent as Wolverine’s interpreter retained by Tom Cruise. On the set of the superhero movie, while Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are filming their scenes as Charles Xavier and Magneto, we’re once again auditioning for the role of Logan.

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Hugh Jackman’s action takes place in Bryan Singer’s dressing room, accompanied by screenwriter Tom DeSanto. to the microphoneEWThe actor says today:

He asked me: “Quiet…down…down.” In the end, I couldn’t even understand myself. I could tell she was saying to herself, “Why should I audition a guy on his lunch break for a role that’s already been cast? He was drunk.

But Jackman doesn’t realize that the team is in total trouble at the moment: “It was urgent to find our Wolverine”recalls Kevin Feige, who at the time was just a “production associate” and not yet the head of Marvel Studios. “Lauren was very enthusiastic about this Australian, who was rejected at first. As I recall, it was partly because he was too big. In the comics, Wolverine is sometimes called ‘the little fire hydrant’. He’s a little guy. But they were. Desperate.

Dinner to convince them all

Jackman leaves Singer’s dressing room at the end of his rope, convinced he’ll never get the part. However, Kevin Feige invites her to eat with him and the famous Desanto before leaving for the Toronto airport. The actor has no hope and answers: “Kevin, we all know I won’t get a part. We shouldn’t be having dinner.”. But Feig insists, dines with his two guests, and drives Jackman to the airport, telling himself he’ll never see the producer again.

However, he will be fondly remembered, and would go on to portray Wolverine in ten feature films, sometimes for a simple voice cameo, sometimes in a spin-off dedicated entirely to the character. Now, 24 years after he first got his claws, Jackman returns to the role of Logan for the highly anticipated Deadpool & Wolverine , which hits theaters in just 21 days.