It’s almost impossible to imagine anyone else playing Wolverine on the big screen other than Hugh Jackman. With all due respect to Henry Cavill, of course. Though we won’t see the X-Men on the 2025 movie schedule, it’s still worth looking back on Jackman’s original casting as the mutant and how it was, to say the least, a controversial decision by Marvel Studios at the time.
Jackman wasn’t the first choice for the role by anyone, including Marvel. He went through an arduous audition process, and by his own account, wasn’t sure he’d get the part, even after an endorsement from fellow Australian Russell Crowe. There are also three big reasons fans weren’t totally sold on Jackman when he was named Wolverine.
