No./9
Inside Wolverine’s claw-marked comeback
HUGH JACKMAN answers Empire’s burning questions about his big return to Marvel
Best of frenemies: Deadpool and Wolverine
14 AUGUST 2022. That was the day that Hugh Jackman decided he wanted to return as Wolverine. After 2017’s Logan had seemingly wrapped up the adamantium-clawed mutant’s story with supreme satisfaction — and despite a tongue-in-cheek appearance in the Deadpool 2 credits sting — the comeback was as surprising for Jackman as it was for fans. “For five years, I was really honest when I said, ‘I’m never playing that part again, I promise you,’” he tells Empire, having batted off repeated pleas from Ryan Reynolds for him to return. “And it was August 14. I remember driving and it just came to me like that. I just thought this would be so much fun.”