Much has been speculated about who will be the new actor who will play Wolverine, one of the most popular and main characters of X-Men, and given that the actor Hugh Jackman has left a difficult place to fill within the movies, and Marvel fans continue to propose some names during alleged castings for the character.
But in the actor’s case, Taron Egertonconfirmed that he had a meeting with Marvel Studios and during a recent interview said that he had some interest in the role of Wolverinesso when asked directly about the prospect of being one of the X-Men, he replied: “I’d love to”during the conversation about the meeting came during an interview for Black Bird, the Apple TV+ series.
In his meeting with the executives of Marvel, Kevin Feig was present, so now, Egerton has been seen gaining weight and muscle for the TV show, but, as for the character itself, nothing has been confirmed yet despite fans having been asking about the characters. X Men For nearly a decade, the MCU has moved ever closer to a debut, but the closest they’ve come is the Professor X which appears in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
“I don’t think it’s wrong to say that”laughed with The New York Times. “Audiences would be excited but also apprehensive, because Hugh is so associated with the role that I wonder if it would be too difficult for someone else to do it”. Egerton spoke to British GQ a couple of years ago and called out all the fancasts really flattering: “For someone to think I’d be good for the role is really flattering. I love Marvel, but it’s just fan stuff. There is no basis for those rumours.”.
But so far, the actor has had to heed all the murmurs, like most artists of his stature, the comments keep coming, in 2019, he had to tell the crowd at a convention that he hadn’t heard anything else:
“I think I love those movies and I have a lot of friends who play roles in those movies and they love them and have a lot of fun…I don’t know. I think the Logan thing is really interesting. I’m a little taken aback; I’ve never felt like a guy from Wolverine. I think that’s a few years away. I know Kevin [Feige’s] He talked about a few years to go. Maybe in a few years I’ll look tough enough for that. I have made no secret of the fact that I am a fan of those fans and of course I would love to be a part of them.”