Even though it's been a few months, Marvel fans still find it incredible that Hugh Jackman will return as Wolverine/Logan alongside Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 3. For the uninitiated, Reynolds tweeted and shared a hilarious video on Instagram of Jackman as "frenemies " they made an amazing announcement about the return of Hugh's Wolverine…


How convinced was Hugh Jackman about Wolverine coming out of retirement for Deadpool 3?

In an interview with Deadline to promote his new film The Son, Hugh Jackman was asked about Deadpool 3. Referring to a previous interview with Variety, in which Jackman introduced the third MCU installment along the lines of 48 Hours (1982), the 54-year-old actor was asked, how it all came about, especially the Wolverine and Deadpool combo. Hugh recalled how after 20 minutes of watching Deadpool - which was a few weeks after the actor announced that Logan would be his last outing, something that was "fully intended" - he said, "Uh-oh."


Hugh Jackman, who had a bit of a hangover from The Son director Florian Zeller, told how he hit the beach in mid-August while he had a week off from Broadway's The Music Man. It was Jackman's first week off in 8-10 months. Hugh was struck by the feeling of how he "really wanted" to play Wolverine again, without a doubt his favorite character.


Hugh Jackman: Wolverine Return Was 'Obviously Lurking and Simmering'

Hugh Jackman joked how Ryan Reynolds kept berating him about coming back as Wolverine, further recalling, "As soon as I got to the beach, I called Ryan [Reynolds] to see what the hell was going on. And then here we are. It was so fast. And believe me, there's not a morning that goes by that I don't wake up and Ryan Reynolds is outside my house with posters that say, 'Please.' He keeps asking me that. And I'm like, 'Dude, I'm done. He's done am, done, done, done, done.' So when he called me [back], he said, 'Are you serious?' So yeah."


However, stepping back into Wolverine's fingers was an idea Hugh Jackman had always had in the back of his mind: "I'm a terrible poker player. All this time I said I was done, I meant it. But still, somewhere deep inside, that thought was obviously lurking and she was getting ready."


We definitely have Ryan Reynolds to thank for the return of Ryan Reynolds' Wolverine!


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Directed by Shawn Levy, Deadpool 3 is released on November 8, 2024.