Hugh Jackman Will Always Be Our Wolverine
We’ve had several Spider-Men, Batmen, and Supermen, but we’ve only had one Wolverine. Even when the X-Men universe went through a soft reboot in the form of X-Men: First Class, the one actor who didn’t receive the recasting treatment was Jackman. And that’s because there’s only one Logan: our mate from down under, Hugh.
Logan is apparently his swansong, and he’s adamant that he’s done with the role for good. While there are thousands of other actors who’d kill to replace him as the grizzly, adamantium-infused beast, our hearts will always belong to Hugh. No matter how bad some of the X-Men films got over 17 years (and there were some truly awful ones, thanks to Bryan Singer, Gavin Hood, and Brett Ratner), he never let us down. Not one single time. He brought his A game with him on every occasion and made sure that Wolvie remained the best part of the average films.
With the above in mind, can you think of anyone else you’d want in his role? Replacing him will feel like the ultimate betrayal. It would be like cheating on Gal Gadot with Sean Spicer, and then having to look her in the eye again. When they say time heals all wounds, we wonder if it’ll heal the heartache of knowing that Hugh isn’t the Ol’ Canucklehead anymore. Right now, we don’t think we’ll ever get over it.