It’s only a matter of time before we see Wolverine make his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and everyone has their own opinions on who would be the best actor for the role. Certainly, following Hugh Jackman won’t be easy, but fans are nevertheless intrigued to see theX-Mencharacters finally back on the big screen after the previous movie series ended. If you were to askMatthew Vaughn, who directedX-Men: First Classalong withKick-Assand theKingsmanmovies, at least three solid names come to mind.
The reveal comes fromComicBook.com, who asked Vaughn directly who he would’ve cast in the role. It’s an interesting question, asX-Men: First Classfeatured many younger versions of previously-established characters, but Wolverine was notably not among them with Hugh Jackman reprising the role. Perhaps if Vaughn were to recast the role somewhere around that time, he might have gone withVenomstar Tom Hardy. As the director explains, however, he’s now more likely to pickTaron EgertonorAaron Taylor-Johnson; the former appeared in theKingsmanmovies while the latter is in Vaughn’s new prequelThe King’s Man.
“Well, he’s got older now, but I would say Tom Hardy would have…been awesome. I think Taron [Egerton] could do it in his sleep. Aaron Taylor-Johnson could do it as well. I mean, I think Aaron or Taron would be my first two choices [who] could do it really well.”
X-Menfans will just have to continue to wonder who might be playing Wolverine, because there’s no apparent rush at Marvel Studios to recast the character. Earlier this year, Kevin Feige confirmed that there wereno imminent plans to cast the new Logan. There is certainly a lot of fan interest in seeing theX-Menin the MCU, but we may just need to be more patient. Marvel already has so many big projects up on the board as part of their overall plan for Phase Four of the MCU, and it might be hard to squeeze in something as huge as theX-Menfranchise.
Another popular candidate fans have rooted for to play Wolverine isThe Punisher starJon Bernthal. In October, Bernthal responded to those fans, and while he suggested he’d be open to playing anyone if he was moved by the screenplay, he insisted that"Frank Castle is in my bones.“Given what’s been happening in the MCU lately, Bernthal’s potential return as the Punisher seems like a very real possibility, though he has said he’s only interested in reprising that role if Disney won’t be toning down the R-rated character.
Many other fans are more than happy to see Hugh Jackman revisiting the role of Logan. However, Jackman apparently has no desire to play Logan again, having left that character behind him, but the inclusion of the multiverse in new Marvel movies means that the possibility is always there for Jackman’s Logan to appear in one way or another. Ryan Reynolds has long been campaigning to get Jackman to appear inDeadpool 3, which will be the MCU’s first R-rated movie, but time will tell if that happens.
