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I t was a chat with Jerry Seinfeld in 2014
that led Hugh Jackman to the epiphany
that it was time for the Wolverine to hang
up his claws after 17 years and eight films –
but not before one last hurrah.
The comedian noted that it’s always
best to leave on a high, and that’s exactly
what Jackman does in the third and best
standalone Wolverine adventure, Logan. In
fact, it might just be the best comic book
movie to date.
Reuniting Jackman with director James
Mangold, who had previously guided the
surly superhero through Japan in The
Wolverine (2013), Logan is set more than
50 years after the events of X-Men: Days
of Future Past – a time when mutants are
virtually extinct. The former X-man is older,
greyer and more vulnerable – his ability
to heal has been diminished, his claws
no longer fully extend, he’s not as strong
physically, and he’s in a dark place mentally.
Initially, both Jackman and Mangold were
on the fence regarding a third solo Wolverine
film. “If we were going to do it, I wanted to
take it somewhere that interested me,” says
the director, “someplace intimate and primal
– a character based story where we explore
the fears and weaknesses of these larger
than life heroes, a film that makes them more
human.”
Jackman, too, wanted to do something
I wanted to get to
the heart of who that
human was, more
than what his clawscan do
TheWolverine has always been the
heart of the X-Men franchise, and
Logan marks the end of the road
for the mutton-chopped mutant
after 17 years and eight films.
Words Adam Colby