Hugh Jackman tunnetaan ennen kaikkea roolistaan Wolverinena, mutta vuoden 2017 elokuva Logan piti olla se viimeinen kerta. Niin ei käynyt, sillä 26. heinäkuuta 2024 ensi-iltaan saadaan Deadpool & Wolverine.
Syyksi Jackman kertoi tauolle sen, että rooli ei enää ollut nautinnollinen, vaan tuskallinen. Tauko on nyt kuitenkin pidetty, ja paluu oli miellyttävä.
"I had got to the point probably 10 years ago I was like, I'm not enjoying it. It was hurting. It was tough."
"But I've had a break, and I've been doing a lot of dance. I've been doing stage shows. And so when I came back to it, it was really fun."
Hugh Jackman ja Ryan Reynolds (eli Deadpool) tekivät yhteistyötä aiemmin elokuvassa X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Jackman puhutteli Reynoldsia kuvauksissa nimeltä, ja sillä oli suuri merkitys uuden tulokkaan itsetunnolle.
"I was blown away. And I was nervous as hell. I was walking through the trailers, jet-lagged, disoriented, feeling really green and kind of out of my depth, and there was no script to look at. It was just like, what's going to happen? And I heard my name, 'Ryan!' in between these trailers as I was walking. And it was [Hugh]. Just the fact that you knew my name meant so much to me. And you came over, you gave me a big hug and you said, 'Welcome aboard.'"