Hugh Jackman says he accepted ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ role without telling agent
nme.comMarvel Studios film Deadpool & Wolverine without telling his agent.In a video interview with Fandango, Hugh Jackman – along with co-star Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy – spoke about how the film’s central idea, which sees Reynolds reunite with Jackman after 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, came to him “like a bolt of lightning” while he was driving.“[And then] came this knowing deep in my gut that I wanted to do this film with [Reynolds],” he said. “When I said I was done, I really thought I was done.
But in the back of my head, ever since I saw Deadpool, I was like, ‘Those two characters together.’ I knew it, I knew the fans wanted it ever since I put on the claws, people [had] talked about these two.”Jackman added that the moment he got out of the car, he rang up Reynolds to tell him about the film idea. “And I just said, ‘Let’s do it.’ Like, I hadn’t rung my agent, no one.
I had to ring my agent and said, ‘Oh, by the way, I have just committed to a movie.'”Even if Jackman was re-energised by the possibility of a comeback, his casting was not immediately given the thumbs up.
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige revealed to Empire earlier this month that he was unsure about the possibility.“I said [to Jackman], ‘Let me give you a piece of advice, Hugh.
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