Hugh Jackman is returning as Wolverine for Deadpool 3 is a crazy enough sentence, but according to Ryan Reynolds this has been in the works for quite some time.
In an interview with Variety, Reynolds revealed that he met Marvel's Kevin Feige three and a half years after Disney acquired Fox, and this was when the idea of teaming-up Deadpool and Wolverine first came up.
"The subject was coming up in the meeting about if we could find a way to do a Deadpool-Wolverine pairing. It wasn't possible then. For this to be happening now is pretty damn exciting," Reynolds says.
While Jackman seemingly retired from the role in 2017 after Logan, the actor says that he might be even better at it now. "A little part of me now thinks I'd be better at it... Is that arrogance of age or something?" Jackman mused.
"Wolverine's a tortured character - more tortured than me. But I always get the feeling of him being comfortable in his own skin. And I feel more comfortable in my own skin now, even though it's messier."
Jackman also explained why he decided to return despite promising Logan was his final outing as the character. During press tours, Jackman said on record it would be his final Wolverine film, but it turns out he was saying these things before Deadpool even came out and realized he may have missed out on one more opportunity.
"I went to a screening of 'Deadpool.' I was 20 minutes in, and I was like 'Ah, damn it!" All I kept seeing my head was '48 Hrs' with Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy. So it's been brewing for a long time."
Deadpool 3 will be released on November 8, 2024 which puts it in the MCU's Phase 5. Check out our six burning questions for Deadpool 3 and why Wolverine should finally wear his yellow suit.
Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.
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