Scott Eastwood Still Wants To Play Wolverine
Mar 15, 2018 17:13:45 GMT 2
Post by ZeroCool on Mar 15, 2018 17:13:45 GMT 2
Scott Eastwood Still Wants To Play Wolverine
Wolverine was already a prominent X-Men character before the X-Men film series began, but Hugh Jackman's tenure as the character brought him to new heights of popularity. After playing Wolverine for nearly two decades, Hugh Jackman hung up the adamanitum claws last year in Logan. While the future of the X-Men film series is currently Wolverine-less, it stands to reason that there will likely come a time when the clawed mutant is recast. The Fate of the Furious' Scott Eastwood has previously expressed interest in taking over as Wolverine, and he's still keen on making that happen. Eastwood recently said:
Scott Eastwood already has a little superhero movie experience under his belt from playing Lieutenant GQ Edwards in 2016's Suicide Squad, but he isn't opposed to starring in another superhero movie if the opportunity presents itself. When Screen Rant mentioned how many people have fan-casted him as Wolverine, Eastwood reaffirmed how much he would like to play Wolverine somewhere down the line. Eastwood certainly isn't the only actor who has thrown their hat into the ring to play Wolverine for a new generation, but if he bulks up a little bit, grows the character's trademark beard/sideburns combo and works on channeling the mutant's berserker rage, then he could potentially make a worthy successor to Jackman.
Wolverine was arguably the most important character of the X-Men film series for a long time, with Hugh Jackman appearing in all but one of the first 10 movies (though he did "cameo" in a People Magazine issue in Deadpool), and of those nine, he was the lead character in all but X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Apocalypse. Jackman's Wolverine died at the end of Logan when he sacrificed his life to prevent his monstrous clone, X-24, from killing Laura and the other adolescent mutants. We're now entering a new era where Wolverine won't be involved with any of the main movies or spinoffs, but given this franchise's loose continuity, as well as the possibility that it could be rebooted, don't be surprised if one day Scott Eastwood or someone else is hired to give Wolverine new life in a cinematic setting.
Wolverine was already a prominent X-Men character before the X-Men film series began, but Hugh Jackman's tenure as the character brought him to new heights of popularity. After playing Wolverine for nearly two decades, Hugh Jackman hung up the adamanitum claws last year in Logan. While the future of the X-Men film series is currently Wolverine-less, it stands to reason that there will likely come a time when the clawed mutant is recast. The Fate of the Furious' Scott Eastwood has previously expressed interest in taking over as Wolverine, and he's still keen on making that happen. Eastwood recently said:
I love Wolverine. He's one of my favorite comic book characters of all time. He's a renegade. Total badass renegade. He's kind of, you know, a loose cannon...doesn't play by the rules...he's the kind of character that I love. 100 %.
Wolverine was arguably the most important character of the X-Men film series for a long time, with Hugh Jackman appearing in all but one of the first 10 movies (though he did "cameo" in a People Magazine issue in Deadpool), and of those nine, he was the lead character in all but X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Apocalypse. Jackman's Wolverine died at the end of Logan when he sacrificed his life to prevent his monstrous clone, X-24, from killing Laura and the other adolescent mutants. We're now entering a new era where Wolverine won't be involved with any of the main movies or spinoffs, but given this franchise's loose continuity, as well as the possibility that it could be rebooted, don't be surprised if one day Scott Eastwood or someone else is hired to give Wolverine new life in a cinematic setting.
